But if you put a script up in front of me to read, or a cue card, I couldn't do it without stuttering.

I didn't get to meet Hank Williams. I was in the Air Force on Okinawa when he passed away.

And my daddy could play a harmonica and also the guitar, so I guess I got a little bit from both of 'em, but I think mostly from my mother's side of the family.

You know, it comes from my mother's side of the family. She had seven sisters and one brother, and all of them could play instruments. I suppose I picked it up from that.

I'm gonna do between 75 and 100 dates. A lot of it will be in Laughlin, Nevada; I'll be there for two weeks. And I'll work some casinos here and there, and the fair dates.

And then, when I started to school, I found out I couldn't talk.

But in those days - in the mid-'50s, early '60s - there was less than 300 radio stations that were playing country music and a lot of that wasn't full time.

And I had to take care of a little dog too named Suzy. It was the promoter's wife's - Judy Lynn's - it was her dog. And one of my duties going on the tour was to take care of it.

I'll do about 13 shows in Branson next year, and I'll be performing at the Grand Palace.

Literature decays only as men become more and more corrupt.

Sometimes when people are under stress, they hate to think, and it's the time when they most need to think.

Problems are common, but attitude makes the difference!!!

The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.

One of the most beautiful things in the world I've ever seen or heard is people laughing, even when there seems to be so little reason for them to laugh.

Halloween is the beginning of the holiday shopping season. That's for women. The beginning of the holiday shopping season for men is Christmas Eve.

In March winter is holding back and spring is pulling forward. Something holds and something pulls inside of us too.

Low pay generally means harder work under worse conditions.

Perish each thought of human pride, let God alone be magnified.

Drew is a player that comes along once every 20 years. Not even Barry Bonds can be compared to J.D. Drew.