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

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.

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.

Someone once wrote that a novel should deliver a series of small astonishments. I get the same thing spending an hour with you.

what if I fall? oh, my darling, but if you fly?

Be aware of the type of humor you use in your daily life. Just because people are laughing doesn’t mean it is creating positive vibes.

We're talking about the responsibility, my responsibility according to the Syrian constitution that said we have to defend ourselves.

I'm a fountain of blood in the shape of a girl . . . leave me now return tonight tide will show you the way if you forget my name you will go astray like a killer whale trapped in a bay

Resilience is all about being able to overcome the unexpected. Sustainability is about survival. The goal of resilience is to thrive.

Wars such as those which have occurred in Iraq only allow hatred, violence and terror to proliferate

But then in April of 1985 the dollar began a sharp decline. The dollar's trade weighted value fell 23 percent in just 12 months and by a total of 37 percent by the beginning of 1988.

Wake up early; it is great to live the mornings.

I would that there was nothing in the world But my beloved that night and day had perished, And all that is and all that is to be, All that is not the meeting of our lips.