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" Where I grew up, Bob Wills and his western swing was very popular. And western swing is not that far from jazz and blues. "

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" You could make any song sound creepy if you wanted. It's all about the inflection. "

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

From Time To Time

" Anybody can be unhappy. We can all be hurt. You don't have to be poor to need something or somebody. Rednecks, hippies, misfits - we're all the same. Gay or straight? So what? It doesn't matter to me. We have to be concerned about other people, regardless. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

Friends And Family

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

" 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. "

" All my kids were raised on computers: They were home-schooled on the Internet, so they're pretty good at that stuff. And I'm proud of them, but I don't really keep up with it. "

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

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

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

" You know why divorces are so expensive? They're worth it. "

" Freedom is control in your own life. I have more control now than in the past, and I'm learning the value of saying no. That's very important. "

" What has changed is that nothing has changed... that's what has made me more unhappy than everything else. "

" Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach. "

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

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

" Everything about Sinatra was good. He had the ability to pick great songs, and once Sinatra had sung them, that pretty much was it. He pretty much put his stamp on everything. "

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

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

" Ninety-nine percent of the world's lovers are not with their first choice. That's what makes the jukebox play. "

" I just enjoy both working and not working. "

" I got along without you before I met you and I'll get along without you a long time after you're gone. "

" I think I'm basically the same guy I always was. Maybe I've learned, through experience, to rein in some of the anger and temper they say redheads normally have. "

" 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. "

" 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. "