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.

John R. told me you don't work for the radio station. You work for the people out there.

I started out as an opportunistic renegade. By now, I've lasted long enough to become sort of an American Original Respectable Renegade.

My existence went up about 12 levels of intensity.

My fake Japanese was smooth enough to earn me the title of 'The Emperor of Pleasing Graciousness' in that country.

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

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