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" I think 'Beyond the Blue Neon' is the best I've ever done. "

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" I'm just not going to tour. One point I want to get across to everybody is that I'm still going to make records and I may still do some events. It's not the last time I'm onstage. It's been a part of my life for too long to quit everything. I have done it since the '80s, and I think it's time now to maybe see if I can live without that part. "

" I'm going to write, and after two years, when I've quit touring, if a special event comes up that I want to do, by all means I will do it, but as far as a structured tour goes, at the last date of 2014 goes, that will be it for touring. "

" Sinatra, in my opinion, is possibly the greatest male singer of all time. "

" I've always thought that whether I'm writing or not, I've gotta pick the best songs, whether or not they're mine. I'm not gonna sing them just because I wrote them. I've gotta find the best songs to make the best record I can. "

" I love the song 'El Rey.' And for years, I never knew what the song was totally about. It was something new for me. I'd never sung a song in Spanish before. Then I got the translation and saw what a really cool song it was. "

" I don't think my music's as traditional as people make it out. "

" I think the melody is the first time I hear in a song and if I like the melody, then I'll pay closer attention to the lyrics. "

" Swing is my favorite kind of music. "

" Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys are simply the best band that ever was. "

" My son had toyed with the idea of writing and trying to write a little bit, so that kind of gave me the bug to write also. "

" I like people who are loyal to me, and I like to be loyal, too. "

" I've had great fans, and they've been so loyal over the years. "

" I've just tried for all of these years to find the best records, the best songs that I could find that fit me, and I've had great people to work with all these years. "

" Of all the songs I've recorded, 'Amarillo By Morning' always sticks out in my mind. "

" I loved making Pure Country. It was a great learning experience for me, seeing another part of the entertainment industry. "

" I remember that in '81, country radio was pretty pop, and everybody wanted a crossover record - and all of a sudden it came back to traditional. Now it's kind of swung the other way a little bit, but it always comes back. "

" I love to fish offshore for billfish, and have fished all over for them from the Bahamas, St. Thomas, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico to the Texas gulf. I haven't made it to Australia yet, but someday I'm going. "

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" I want to reach the point where people hear my name and immediately think of real country music. "

" We work hard when we're in the studio, but then when we take our breaks, we walk outside and look around. "

" I didn't want to be 40 or 50 years old and still playing clubs, I didn't feel like I was making any progress, and I actually gave the band notice at one point. I began to have doubts about my abilities. "

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" I get asked sometimes 'What's the highlight of my career?' because I've been doing it for so long, and I always have a hard time coming up with something, because so many good things have happened. "

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" I always enjoy it when I walk on stage. There were some times when I was working so much in the '80s, and I felt really burnt-out. But I'd be up there singing and not be 10,000 million miles away, you know, just opening my mouth and the words coming out. "

" This is the kind of problem you want to have! Country radio has been great to me my whole career. I can't thank those folks enough. "

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" I've always liked Frank Sinata and Big Band music. "