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" 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. "

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" I would have been content to just do studio work, making it on my own never really entered my mind. "

" You don't play around with a good song. You try to just say it right in the proper place, and if you get the music and voice in tune, you'll be all right. That's always worked for me. "

" Success is not getting what you want, it's enjoying what you have. "

" Dean Martin. He was incredible. "

" The very first big one I had was 'Turn Around and Look At Me.' "

" 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. "

" I can't be alone. "

" I like to play golf. You know, make a little money, lose a little money. Get 10 bucks, lose 20 bucks. "

" I have been very blessed with some great songs. "

" I realize you are going to make mistakes through life. Just don't make any bad ones, you know. Like all of my records are perfect records, but I did make mistakes on them. "

" 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. "

" I don't miss television. It's too much hurry up and sit around, wait till they do this and do that, and get the lighting just right. I'd much rather go out on a stage anywhere and just play and sing for an hour. "

" That's what we grew up with - the good songs, the good lyrics, the good big-band stuff. I miss that era. "

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

" 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 have been blessed. I really have. "

" 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. "

" If you've got a good melody and a good story married together, that's a good sign for hit-song material. "

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

" I gave John Wayne the push he needed to get that Oscar. "

" Life is too short not to enjoy it. "

Life Is Too Short

" I am just trying to do a song the best possible way I can. "

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

" God's law is God's law, period. Teach your children that. "

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

" I love singing. I just love it. "

" With the TV shows, you get eight zillion people watching you. I was really surprised at the way everything went. I knew television was powerful, but that was just... wow. "

" I like to start the day early, it keeps me out of trouble. "