The Hank Williams Syndrome: Come to Nashville, write some good songs, cut some hit records, make money, take all the drugs you can and drink all you can, become a wild man and all of a sudden die.

When you're down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the king.

The only two things in life that make it worth livin' / Is guitars that tune good and firm feelin' women

I'm old and crazy, but I still give a damn. And I still think the boys got screwed over in Vietnam.

Now, I was on drugs, and that didn't help a whole lot. He hated that. That was part of where Chet and I had problems, so I take complete blame for that.

The rock and roll spirit. I learned a lot of that because I worked with Buddy Holly. I played bass with him, and he taught me a lot about that.

If I could only fly, you see, a lot of my problems would be gone. When you think of just how much I'd save on shoes alone.