Can't you just imagine digging up the King, begging him to sing about those heavenly mansions Jesus mentioned.

That's my only active wish. I think if I sang like Don Henley, this would be a lot more agreeable business.

I'm drinking here break motor oil and Bombay gin, I'll sleep when I'm dead.

I might have made a tactical error not going to a physician for 20 years. It was one of those phobias that didn't pay off.

When I was young, times were hard. When I got older it was worse.

And I think it's safe to say that the single very impressive figure to me was Merle Haggard.

At least I've had one foot in a very normal kind of life.