Sit tall in the saddle and hold your head up high. Keep your eyes fixed where the trail meets the sky, and live like you ain't afraid to die. Don't be scared...just enjoy the ride.

I can remember sittin in a cafe when I first started in rodeo, and waitin until somebody got done so I could finish what they left.

Sometimes a hard day's work is easier than a lot of things you can meet in life.

And takin' a bath in the creek. That's the stuff that really made it worthwhile. Anybody can stay in a motel.

You get to where you kind of like it, and It's a habit That's hard to break. I still find myself sittin' in a cafe, like a pizza parlor.

When I come up with an idea about the way I feel, I can really state it strongly in a song.

But if they ever saw a sunrise on a mountain morning/Watched those cotton candy clouds roll by/They'd know why I live beneath these Western Skies.

So it's probably eighty percent luck and twenty percent skill.

I admire bull riders for their passion and the uniqueness each one of them has.

Why not just do something a little more on the gentle side?

The breeding programs for the bulls have improved significantly. The bulls are at a much higher caliber.

You are never defeated in life, you are only a learner.

Man is not a beast of burden, and the Sabbath is not for the purpose of enhancing the efficiency of his work.

It was by listening to Goodman's band, that I began to notice the guitarist Charlie Christian, who was one of the first musicians to play solos in a big band set-up.

There is always a but in this imperfect world.

There is only one prayer and that is prayer for light, for purity, for perfection.

In this autumn of 1919, in which I write, we are at the dead season of our fortunes.

I love Malcolm Lee and jumped on the opportunity to work with him as a director.

He wrongly accuses Neptune, who makes shipwreck a second time.

There was no normal. There never had been. "Normal" and "natural" were the biggest lies we'd ever created.

It's a chore for a fellow to fear for his life more than once in an evening.