When I came up, there was room for the new and the old. For every new artist, an old one didn't have to be pushed out.
No one had ever told me that whites were supposed to sing one kind of music and blacks another - I sang what I liked in the only voice I had.
Too many religious organizations are in the business of enforcing beliefs.
The time I spent thinking about how I was better than somebody else or worrying about somebody else's attitude was time I could put to better use.
For most entertainers, there is a single experience, one defining moment, when confidence replaces the self-doubt that most of us wrestle with.
Even now, when I'm asked how I'm doing, I like to reply, 'Pretty good. I've got all my fingers and both eyes.
Chet Atkins... is probably the best guitar player who ever lived.
Fans will praise you, scold you, and offer helpful advice. Fans will also defend you.
I think there's enough room in country music for everybody.
I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange.
I don't care what the religion is called; as far as I'm concerned, one God, the God I adhere to, is in charge of all of them.
