Getting comments like that from even the young people at the shows who probably aren't singers, the girls who just tell me that I'm an inspiration to them, for one reason or another.

I didn't realize how many true Rockabilly fans there were here in America.

If I needed to record, I'd head to the coast or Nashville, one or the other.

I really appreciate people like Rosie coming out and saying I've inspired them.

You could have a hit in California that no one had heard of in Oklahoma.

And it wasn't until '84 when I was first asked to come to Sweden and do an album and concert tour.

So, it's nice to know that you've inspired someone to do their life's work.

None of the other guys in the band really sang, so that's when I brought Roy Clark in.

I never kissed a bear, I've never kissed a goon, but I can shake a chicken in the middle of a room.

I'm still learnin'. I pick up something from every performer I watch.

But, we didn't have all the media that we do today.

We...sin not because we want what is evil, but because we want what isn't good enough.

My life, as it passes thus, was indeed hateful to me, and it was during sleep alone that I could taste joy. O blessed sleep!

When I say 'friends, ' I use that term loosely, as I don't actually have any.

Is this the part where i'm gonna dance.?

Eight hours of sleep would be amazing. That would be the best. If I could just figure out that part of my life, it would be great.

Everything about life makes me lonely.

If our young people could but glimpse it, it would be the most powerful spiritual motivation of their lives!

I am not limiting myself to theories, so I never question the rightness to my approach.

I don't like to share my personal life... it wouldn't be personal if I shared it.

Short boughs, long vintage.