I close my eyes, then I drift away, into the magic night I softly say. A silent prayer, like dreamers do, then I fall asleep to dream my dreams of you.
I may be a living legend, but that sure don't help when I've got to change a flat tire.
If you have faith, then your whole life is put in a new perspective. You get to work but enjoy the work at the same time. If you grow spiritually, you do what's in front of you and let the results speak for themselves.
Pretty woman, I don't believe you, you're not the truth. No one could look as good as you, mercy.
Only the lonely know the way I feel tonight.
You wiggle to the left, you wiggle to the right, you do the Ooby Dooby with all your might.
I've really learned a lot, really learned a lot, love is like a stove, burns you when it's hot.
I got a woman that's mean as she can be, sometimes I think she's almost as mean as me.
The image, like the voice, came in stages. I never sat down with anyone and said, 'Let's design an image.'
My dad was an auto mechanic, but we moved to Fort Worth, where he worked in defense, building B-24s.
Love hurts, love scars, love wounds, and mars.
Every once in awhile, the world will push up an Elvis Presley or a Beatles. But that's really outside the realm of show business.
As you stopped to say hello, oh, you wished me well, you couldn't tell that I'd been crying over you.
You set out to whip the world, and then, when you get beat up a little bit... In my case, you say, 'Father, I'm gonna let you have it. I've done what I can do.' You turn your will over to God.
I got my group together when I was about thirteen. We had a local radio show, and then we started touring for the principal of the high school - he was in the Lions Club, and so we were the entertainment.
My voice is a gift. My talent is a gift. The life process is a gift. The opportunity for the journey is a gift.
To be a songwriter-singer means the songs come from deep within, and you treat them as an artist, with that much respect. I couldn't hardly cheat myself.
It's a gift, and a blessing, just to have a voice. And I'm proud that people do appreciate it, you know?
We used to say, 'I don't wanna be jumping around and going crazy when I'm thirty,' you know? Even Mick Jagger said, 'Well, I can't see myself at forty jumping around.' Well, here we are, you know?
When I was six years old, Mom and Dad gave me a guitar for my birthday, and Daddy taught me the chords to 'You Are My Sunshine.'
