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If anyone asks how old I am, tell them it's none of their business!
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Mommy smoked but she didn't want us to. She saw smoke coming out of the barn one time, so we got whipped.
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I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is.
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My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him.
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I'm not a big fan of Women's Liberation, but maybe it will help women stand up for the respect they're due.
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Because Olivia Newton-John wasn't from Nashville, they didn't like her winning our awards. I've got no complaints.
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I don't go to church regular. But I pray for answers to my problems.
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Growing up in eastern Kentucky like I did, I'm used to having a few guns around to protect me.
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I'd love to work more with the American Indians, my people.
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I'd love to travel to the Holy Land.
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Write about the truth. If you write about the truth, somebody's living that. Not just somebody, there's a lot of people.
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Me and my partner, Conway Twitty, cleaned up at the 1972 Country Music Association Awards.
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I loved being outside. We'd hold lightning bugs in our fingers and pretend they were diamond rings.
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All music is based on country music. And that's why so many different kinds of people relate to it. There are more country music fans in New Jersey than there are down South.
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I wasn't for Vietnam. When I told that to the hippie newspaper, all my people got nervous.
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I'm proud of being part Cherokee, and I think it's time all us Indians felt the same way.
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We still lend our old house out to relatives. They keep a guest book for my fans to sign.
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I was married when I wasn't quite 14 and had four babies by the time I was 18.
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I never knew any Jews until I got into show business. I've found them to be real smart and good workers.
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I believe in horoscopes. I was born under the sign of the Ram, which means I'm headstrong, don't like people telling me what to do.
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No matter what you do, it can't be perfect. I told Jack White, 'If I'd 'a sung that song more'n twice, it might of sounded better.' He said, 'Well, it might not of. You might have took the spark out of it.' I don't know if he has a point or not. We'll find out.
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My life has run from misery to happiness.
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In the long run, you make your own luck - good, bad, or indifferent.
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You don't see no city when you look at me cause country's all I am. I love runnin' barefoot through the old cornfields and I love that country ham. Well you say I'm made just to fit your plans but there's a barnyard shovel pick your hands. If your eyes are on me you're lookin' at country.