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It's a scary word, 'cancer.'
I'm usually just enjoying life.
Flesh is weak, but love is strong.
Oklahoma's always been good to me.
Tonight I'm the designated drinker.
A country song is a song about life.
I've always stood up for country music.
You just write about things that happen.
I've always wanted to make a bluegrass album.
I've had several working-man songs that I like.
I mean, I am driven and laid-back at the same time.
I don't like politics, hypocrites, folks with poodles.
Making music is still what keeps a fire going on in me.
I love your cooking, honey, but sometimes I need some real food.
Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day?
When I was in high school, I don't know that I really had big dreams.
I think if you retire from touring then people think you are retired.
I think if you retire from touring, then people think you are retired.
I always try to make the music that I like and think my fans will like.
Wembley way is beginning to blacked with people in terms of red and blue
I'm hooked on my baby's love, there ain't nothing in the jug this strong.
If you just do 50 to 60 shows a year, it's not that much time away from home.
Faith, hope, and love are some good things He gave us; but the greatest is love
I mean, my voice has gotten a little deeper sounding as I've gotten older, I think. I noticed that.
He's written some great songs. I thought that "Blues Man" was a perfect song for me to do as a tribute.
He's written some great songs. I thought that 'Blues Man' was a perfect song for me to do as a tribute.
I think every album you have, especially if it's done well, you feel like you're competing with yourself.
To me, songwriting is the backbone of Nashville. Looks can go, fads can go, but a good song lasts forever.
The music business doesn't take up that much of my time. I probably should put a little more energy into it.
I've always said that if you have songs on the radio and get played, you've got to have a tour to support that.
I've had to live with women all my life. I grew up with four older sisters, and I was the baby and the only boy.
If you can last until you're 40 years old, hopefully you'll be mature enough to figure out the rest of the years.
The older you are, I think you realize what you enjoy and what you don't need, what wears you out and what's important.
Love is stolen in the shadows of the night. Though it's wrong all along, it keeps going on as long as they keep it out of sight.
As long as I'm still able to have a hit on the radio and sell a few albums and some tickets, I don't see that it would be worth retiring.
Pour me something tall and strong, make it a Hurricane before I go insane. It's only half past twelve but I don't care, it's 5 O'clock somewhere.
I grew up with nothing, so whenever I got to where I could have something I felt like I needed to have everything I couldn't have when I was young.
There's no hall of fame for that working class hero, no statue carved out of stone. And his greatest reward is the love of a woman and his children.
I think I've always approached making albums pretty much the same way. I'm just looking for a mixture of songs and topics that aren't the same thing over and over.
Hee Haw was probably my biggest exposure to live music at a young age, because there wasn't any live music around my town and no one in my family played instruments.
You think a lot of people get to be big stars and get a little crazy, but most of the ones I've ever met have always been surprisingly normal, and I've enjoyed that.
Probably some of the songs I never even really listened to the lyrics. Half of them I'd hear off the radio and was probably singing the wrong words and didn't even know it.
A lot of times when songwriters get together and write a song... somebody will come in with a hook and a lot of times they come out with something that sounds a little crafty.
The fan base that I've had all these years has come along. Some of them are not as plugged into the digital world, so they want to go out and buy the CD at Walmart or something.
My mother kept asking me, "When are you going to do a gospel album?" And I've always wanted to do a gospel album. Everybody was going on about it, so mom started hounding me more.
My mother kept asking me, 'When are you going to do a gospel album?' And I've always wanted to do a gospel album. Everybody was going on about it, so mom started hounding me more.
Did you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smoke risin' against that blue sky? Did you shout out in anger, in fear of your neighbor or did you just sit down and cry?..
I don't write all my stuff. Everybody always thinks that. But in just about every album I've ever had has been about 50-50 songs I've written or co-written and other people's songs.
I didn't realize until I was older what a huge music fan my daddy really was, and actually that my grandma played banjo at one time, and I didn't even know that until a year or two ago.
Did you weep for the children who lost their dear loved ones and pray for the ones who don't know? Did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble, and sob for the ones left below?