I was influenced a lot by those around me - there was a lot of singing that went on in the cotton fields.

If you can be content right now, then you'll always be content, because it's always right now.

I am not a pig farmer. The pigs had a great time, but I didn't make any money.

When I left Nashville I went to Texas because that's where I came from, and because I was playing in Texas a lot in different places. And I saw hippies and rednecks drinking beer together and smoking dope together and having a good time together and I knew it was possible to get all groups of people together - long hair, short hair, no hair - and music would bring them together.

Vaporizers are good for your lungs. Cigarette smoke will kill you. I never heard of anybody dying from marijuana smoke. Vaporizers I think are smarter.

All I do is play music and golf - which one do you want me to give up?

I like to play small clubs.