I got along without you before I met you and I'll get along without you a long time after you're gone.

A lot of country music is sad.

After every tour, I think about hanging up the touring hat, and after a while of not working, I'm ready to play. I think I enjoy playing music more than I enjoy not playing music.

In the twilight glow I see her, blue eyes crying in the rain. As we kissed goodbye and parted, I knew we'd never meet again.

Where I grew up, Bob Wills and his western swing was very popular. And western swing is not that far from jazz and blues.

But if you think of all the people who don't like me, just think of all the millions who've never heard of me!

Nothing lasts forever, but old Fords and a natural stone.