Early In My Career I Began Receiving

In 20 Years I Had Sold More Records For Rca Than Any Artist Except Elvis Presley.

Until Mtv, Television Had Not Been A Huge Influence On Music. To Compete With Mtv, The Country Music Moguls Felt They Had To Appeal To The Same Young Audience And Do It The Way Mtv Did.

I Was Sometimes Jeered By Black Soldiers Who Wanted Me To Sing Something Besides Country Music.

I Always Wanted To Grow Up Fast. I Longed For More Than The Mississippi Delta Could Give.

There Only Have Been Two People On This Earth That I Was Nervous Around: Chet Atkins And Mickey Mantle. It's Because Of The Respect I Have For Them.