George Jones was my friend and I loved him.

I have always loved Waffle House. It's been like an oasis in the desert many times late at night after one of my concerts.

You can raise her up a lady but there's one thing you just can't avoid.

New York City is a notoriously hard market to perform country music in.

If I feel like doing something, I do it. If I feel like saying something, I say it. If I feel like dancing, I do. If I don't, I don't.

People get passionate about a song. It's been my experience if you put out radio candy, something commercial, it doesn't sell records.

Guitar playing is not my strong suit. I cut my finger off, working in an oil field, and it don't work anymore, so I'm limited as to what I can do on the guitar.

I only record songs that I really like and believe in and can sing with conviction.

I've never been trained as an actor. I'm no Phillip Seymour Hoffman or Johnny Depp.

I don't do the same show on any two nights.

I am 1324512000 seconds old. In the cosmic blink of an eye, I will become once again cosmic dust.

When your spirit is heavy, when your heart is broken, when your burdens seem unbearable - trust Him. Look to Him.

We are pushing hard to find quality advertising clients.

I was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the Church.

If I felt we had alienated the Unionists, it would worry me because we've spent a great deal of time trying to open up discussion and dialogue with the Unionist Parties.

So much of contemporary crime fiction is painful to read and obsessed with violence, particularly against women, and I can't read that.

Truth only smells sweet forever, and illusions, however innocent, are deadly as the canker worm.

The happiness of any society begins with the well being of the families that live in it.

The key to the utilization of atomic energy for world peace will be found in the will of all people to restrict its use for the betterment of mankind.

You seemed so far away," Miss Honey whispered, awestruck. "Oh, I was. I was flying past the stars on silver wings," Matilda said. "It was wonderful.