There ought to be a hall of fame for mamas / Creation's most unique and precious pearl / And heaven help us always to remember / That the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

There's been a load of compromising, on the road to my horizon, but I'm gonna be where the lights are shining on me.

I am a lineman for the county.

I like to start the day early, it keeps me out of trouble.

I don't remember not singing. I started when I was, I don't know how - what, two years old, or a year old or something like that.

I would have been content to just do studio work, making it on my own never really entered my mind.

I guess I'm like Roger Miller who used to say that he didn't have as many jokes as he thought he did.

I miss him already. He was a unique person and a dear friend. If a record came on the radio, you'd know it was Waylon Jennings.

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.

Cling to the good.

From the fallen tree everybody makes firewood.

I have a tendency to hire people who tend to be unattractive to the studios. Maybe this is a bad idea.

Cynicism is a sure sign of youth.

I'll be the in to your sane.

We inherit nothing truly, but what our actions make us worthy of.

it is not the deed but the intention that makes the crime.

Morals aren't just for when it's easy, Anita. They aren't morals if you throw them aside every time it's convenient.

In Australia there are not limits on what you can believe but there are limits on how you can behave. It's called the law, and no one is above it.