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I spent some time in Hell.
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I like to start the day early, it keeps me out of trouble.
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I just tell you, the Lord's been good to me. Even if I was a rounder, He's been really, really nice to me.
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I've always been forgetful.
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I was very candid in my book because I want people to know the truth... and that people can change for the better.
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I worked my butt off.
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When I did 'Wichita Lineman,' it was as good as I could do it, so I keep doing it that way. It's such a haunting song.
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I'm from so far back in the sticks that they had to pump the light in there.
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Honesty I can take. Lies I get upset about.
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I needed a capo - a clamp to hold down the strings - so my daddy made me one out of a corn on the cob and a rubber band.
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I gave John Wayne the push he needed to get that Oscar.
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Some things I don't want to remember.
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We moved to Los Angeles because our daughter wanted to go to Pepperdine.
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I can't be alone.
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I learned it was crucial to play right on the edge of the beat... It makes you drive the song more. You're ahead of the beat, but you're not.
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I can read a chord chart, but I couldn't read a note chart.
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I've often asked myself, how much information can the brain actually hold? There'll probably come a day when you're able to download it; that's what you have to do when the machine's full.
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It's easier being with somebody who's got some sense.
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I guess I'm like Roger Miller who used to say that he didn't have as many jokes as he thought he did.
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God's law is God's law, period. Teach your children that.
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I like to play golf. You know, make a little money, lose a little money. Get 10 bucks, lose 20 bucks.
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I love symphonies. I love string sections.