He's a mean, mean man, but I love him all I can.

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.

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.

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.

why do I want to appear to be drinking more than I am?''Make it a habit. Men in their cups are fools, more often than not. And it can be wise to look the fool at times.

Every morning, appreciate the golden glowing sun for giving you life. Every evening, appreciate yourself for making the world a little more joyful with your lovely presence.

I was often getting hired to play sociopaths and psychopaths and stuff, which is really funny.

When youre touring and the minute you tell someone that youre from Jersey its the equivalent of telling them you just got out of jail.

We are all saying the same thing in different words.

I'm from Denver, and there is really nothing acting-wise to do there except for theater. I did everything I could get my hands on until I was able to make it to L.A.

The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.

live your life as if you may lose everything.

I already survived one apocalypse, I don't need another.

No matter how much progress one makes, there is always the thrill of just beginning.