I think the acts today get too much money. I really do. They wind up blowing it all anyway. It's silly to give children that much money.

I think the acts today get too much money. I really do. They wind up blowing it all anyway. It's silly to give children that much money.

I never prayed for no money, and I never prayed for no fame. I said, 'I'll take care of that myself. You just keep me healthy and I'll do all I can to try to turn people around, to try to steer 'em in the right direction.' That's the whole trip in life, ya know.

From 1958 to 1964, that's real rock n' roll. Then the Beatles hit and everyone sounded like them.

My existence went up about 12 levels of intensity.

Half the time I feel like I'm appealing to the downer freaks out there. We start to play one downer record after another until I begin to get down myself. Give me something from 1960 or something; let me get up again. The music of today is for downer freaks, and I'm an upper.

I figure the oldies are real close to what rocking country use to be.