I was never into the Bluegrass, Bill Monroe and stuff like that.

I did learn that it was the greatest thing in the world to respect yourself. Respect other people.

And I tell my audience, you know, give the real stars a round of applause. Because without them I'm nobody. So I learned so much from people like that.

I'm from the Mississippi delta originally.

We could play them through the week, and then the weekend we could play the black joints. I learned to be very versatile and learned to love it. So it stays with me even up to now.

And one of my favorites was Eddy Arnold of course. He just had that smooth, soulful voice.

If I don't love you, baby, grits ain't groceries.

I was born in a little place called Inverness, MS.

My mom moved up between Leland and Greenville when I was just a little tot.

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

A thug only understands you when you speak his language

Work could cure almost anything

Only the defeated and deserters go to war.

I like being broken. It means I can have chocolate for breakfast.

I smoke, isn't that terrible?

Savings is no longer about the markets, they're about playing the product game.

I'm not for women, frankly, in any job. I don't want any of them around. Thank God we don't have any in the Cabinet.

There is no greater love than this. There is no greater gift that can ever be given. To be willing to die, so another might live -- there is no greater lover than this.

It is easier to renounce worldly possessions than it is to renounce the love of them