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

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" 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!' "

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

" I text and email my friends and family a lot, but that's about the extent of my high-tech-etude. "

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" My doctor tells me I should start slowing it down - but there are more old drunks than there are old doctors so let's all have another round. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You don't have to be poor to need something or somebody. "

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

" Well the country songs themselves are three-chord stories, ballads which are mostly sad. If you are already feeling sorry for yourself when you listen to them they will take you to an even sadder place. "

" Most of the stuff I've read about me has been true. "

" I just enjoy both working and not working. And fortunately, I work enough where I get that out of my system, and then we take a few days off, take a rest. "

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

" I like to play small clubs. "

" I would like to see more airplay for all artists, no matter what age. I think there's a lot of money being spent toward the young guys, but a lot of the older guys are the ones who blazed the trail for those young guys. "

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

" 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. "

" 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'm a romantic slob! "

" 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? "

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

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

" If you really want to get along with somebody, let them be themselves. "

" I believe that all roads lead to the same place - and that is wherever all roads lead to. "

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

" You want to be a good parent and you want to be a friend, and it's hard to be both. You have to balance it as well as you can. "

" As long as there's a few farmers out there, we'll keep fighting for them. "

" I don't think any person has any special knowledge about what God has planned for me and you any more than me and you do. "