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" I used to be just a total jazz freak. People used to say, 'Where's the melody? Is there a melody in there anywhere?' Now I let the music follow the song. "

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" Daddy - I remember when he first let me drive the cultivator for him, you know... He eased you into the hard work that you had to do later. "

" Honesty I can take. Lies I get upset about. "

" There's a longing in country music that can soften even the rockiest heart. "

" When I did 'Wichita Lineman,' it was as good as I could do it, so I keep doing it that way. It's such a haunting song. "

" I don't really classify 'Wichita Lineman' as country. "

" God saved me. "

" Perhaps I've found the secret for an unhappy private life. Every three years, I go and marry a girl who doesn't love me, and then she proceeds to take all my money. "

" To play with a symphony today is just fabulous. "

" I know it was raw in some places, and I was a jerk in some places, but that's the way I was, and I was stupid. "

" I needed a capo - a clamp to hold down the strings - so my daddy made me one out of a corn on the cob and a rubber band. "

" I would rather do live than any kind of lip-synching or something like that. I don't like to lip-synch. "

" I listened to a battery radio, old country and pop stuff. Because I was singing all the time, my dad bought me a $7.50 guitar. "

" I still love making music. And I still love performing for my fans. I'd like to thank them for sticking with me through thick and thin. "

" Life is too short not to enjoy it. "

Life Is Too Short

" There's no pillow as soft as a clear conscience. "

" Hank Williams' music - it just doesn't go away, for some reason. "

" I've been every way there is to be. "

" 'True Grit' was fun to do, but I wasn't cut out to be an actor. I made John Wayne look so good, he won his only Oscar. "

" Great stories start with great opening lines. 'I'm a lineman for the county' - what a great way to start a song. "

" The more you play music, the better you'll get. "

" Elvis was a great singer. He really was. "

" I've always been forgetful. "

" Actually, I believe in the institution of marriage. "

" A good song is a good song. "

" I played on a lot of Sinatra sessions. He was simply awesome. He liked to laugh, and he could be one of the boys when he wanted. But he was also a very serious performer. "

" It's easier being with somebody who's got some sense. "

" What I try to do is live with myself and please me. If I can't do that, I can't please anybody else or live with anybody else. "

" I spent some time in Hell. "