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" 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. "

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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. "

" I think people need to be educated to the fact that marijuana is not a drug. Marijuana is an herb and a flower. God put it here. If He put it here and He wants it to grow, what gives the government the right to say that God is wrong? "

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

" Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results. "

" I like to stick with music I know I can play. I love classical, but I don't think I could ever play it. I'm just not qualified. "

" I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. "

" I used to work in the cotton fields a lot when I was young. There were a lot of African Americans working out there. A lot of Mexicans - the blacks and the whites and the Mexicans, all out there singing, and it was like an opera in the cotton fields, and I can still hear it in the music that I write and play today. "

" If you got the money honey I got the time and when you run out of money honey I run out of time. "

" I'm not prejudiced in any way that I can think of. That's just not the guy I am. "

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

From Time To Time

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" When I see someone I think is cool, he's a pretty well-adjusted individual. He's not too affected one way or the other by what's happening, no matter what's going through his mind. "

" We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it. "

" When you hear me, you know it's me, regardless of the song. "

" 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. "

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

" But if you think of all the people who don't like me, just think of all the millions who've never heard of me! "

" Since I was a kid, music was what I wanted to do. I thought I could make it by my own talents. That's what I wanted to prove. "

" Don't try to change anybody. And they should let you be yourself, 'You loved me when you met me, so let's keep going!' "

" I been a long time leaving but I'm going to be a long time gone. "

" I'm a romantic slob! "

" Freedom is control in your own life. "

" 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. "

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

" I am not a pig farmer. The pigs had a great time, but I didn't make any money. "

" There are only so many notes so there must be only so many melodies. "

" All I do is play music and golf - which one do you want me to give up? "

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