But in those days - in the mid-'50s, early '60s - there was less than 300 radio stations that were playing country music and a lot of that wasn't full time.

I didn't get to meet Hank Williams. I was in the Air Force on Okinawa when he passed away.

But if you put a script up in front of me to read, or a cue card, I couldn't do it without stuttering.

And my daddy could play a harmonica and also the guitar, so I guess I got a little bit from both of 'em, but I think mostly from my mother's side of the family.

You know, it comes from my mother's side of the family. She had seven sisters and one brother, and all of them could play instruments. I suppose I picked it up from that.

I'm gonna do between 75 and 100 dates. A lot of it will be in Laughlin, Nevada; I'll be there for two weeks. And I'll work some casinos here and there, and the fair dates.

And then, when I started to school, I found out I couldn't talk.

And I had to take care of a little dog too named Suzy. It was the promoter's wife's - Judy Lynn's - it was her dog. And one of my duties going on the tour was to take care of it.

I'll do about 13 shows in Branson next year, and I'll be performing at the Grand Palace.

No matter how loud the sirens or how numerous the hazard signs, we all touch the flames at least once to prove they're hot.

There is limit to what we can learn.

Leaders build bridges

Arrogance is the last thing to die

Religion is of general and public concern, and on its support depend, in great measure, the peace and good order of government, the safety and happiness of the people.

Music has always been a huge part of my life.

Music wasn't made to make us wise, but better natured.

I love a good Slash guitar riff. It's sexy!

When you make a movie, a dramatization based on the real experience of a living subject, you cant airbrush that away into to a perfect movie arc.

Histories never conclude; they just pause their prose. Their stories are, if they are truthful, untidy affairs, resistant to windings-up and sortings-out. They beat raggedly on into the future.