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" I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad. "

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" I grew up across the street from, you know, the Villarias, which was a great Mexican family there. In fact, there was three houses right across the street from me. So, day and night, I listened to Mexican music, and I'm sure, you know, my guitar playing, singing, writing, whatever, has a lot of Mexican flavor there, but it comes natural. "

" Everything about Sinatra was good. He had the ability to pick great songs, and once Sinatra had sung them, that pretty much was it. He pretty much put his stamp on everything. "

" It doesn't hurt to feel sad from time to time. "

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" And as far as guitars go, I loved Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West's stuff. "

" I think most people realize that our problems are our government, not me and you individually, except that we can - must have some sort of responsibility, because they're in there and they were elected, so we have to defend ourselves on those lines. "

" Three chords and the truth - that's what a country song is. "

" I don't like to think too far ahead. "

" Great songs stand out wherever they're from. "

" I didn't come here and I ain't leavin'. "

" Freedom is control in your own life. I have more control now than in the past, and I'm learning the value of saying no. That's very important. "

" Ninety-nine percent of the world's lovers are not with their first choice. That's what makes the jukebox play. "

" The first time I got onstage was when I was about 5 years old. It was at a church social, and I had a poem to recite. "

" I started out writing poems before I figured to put melodies to them and play the guitar. Somewhere, there's a book out there on all those early songs and poems. I hope no one ever finds it. I don't think it's my finest work. "

" I was influenced a lot by those around me - there was a lot of singing that went on in the cotton fields. "

" I just enjoy both working and not working. "

" I think I'm basically the same guy I always was. Maybe I've learned, through experience, to rein in some of the anger and temper they say redheads normally have. "

" We're still here trying to get the word out that 330 farmers are quitting every week. "

" If a song was ever good, it's still good. "

" Waylon Jennings and I had a lot of fun recording together. "

" I like myself better when I'm writing regularly. "

" I think Ray Charles did as much as anybody when he did his country music album. Ray Charles broke down borders and showed the similarities between country music and R&B. "

" Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach. "

" We've already been reincarnated about a million times, maybe. It doesn't make sense any other way. "

" A lot of country music is sad. I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. It applies to music. Three chords and the truth - that's what a country song is. There is a lot of heartache in the world. "

" I was born in Abbott, Texas, a little small town in central Texas, and I was raised by my grandparents. And my parents divorced when I was six months old, and my grandparents raised me. "

" Cruelty is all out of ignorance. If you knew what was in store for you, you wouldn't hurt anybody, because whatever you do comes back much more forceful than you send it out. "

" America, to me, is freedom. "

" When I'm driving the highway by myself is when I write best. "

" I guess if you can't sing, you better have a style! "

" The whole house came up and I came up with it... I was just praying to the Lord to take care of me. "