You can't write a good song about a whorehouse unless you've been in one.

A song ain't nothing but a conversation fixed up to where you can talk it over and over without getting tired of it.

I better quit my talking 'cause I told you all I know But please remember, pardner, wherever you may go The people are building a peaceful world, and when the job is done, That'll be the biggest thing that man has ever done.

I ain't a communist necessarily, but I been in the red all my life.

There's several ways of saying what's on your mind. And in states and counties where it ain't too healthy to talk too loud, speak your mind, or even vote like you want to, folks have found other ways of getting the word around. One of the mainest ways is by singing.

I love a good man outside the law, just as much as I hate a bad man inside the law.

Life's pretty tough . . . you're lucky if you live through it.