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

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.

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

I am a lineman for the county.

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.

Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilised by education: they grow there, firm as weeds among stones.

A good leader will seek the wisdom of others. After all, no man is an island!

Healthy people can own their mistakes and, over time, move on.

Part of [having uncommon sense] is being able to tune out folly, as opposed to recognizing wisdom. If you bat away many things, you don't clutter yourself.

What's that?" "The laundry basket?" "No, next to it." "I don't see anything next to it." "It's my last shred of dignity. It's very small.

Theres a terrible price to pay for stress in your life - it really takes a hit on your heart.

Working for peace in the future is to work for peace in the present moment.

The more I get to know Jesus, the more trouble he seems to get me into.

I've never met an American who wanted to build an empire.

While the Coliseum stands, Rome shall stand; when the Coliseum falls, Rome shall fall; when Rome falls, the world shall fall.