I Was Sometimes Jeered By Black Soldiers

What We Don't Need In Country Music Is Divisiveness, Public Criticism Of Each Other, And Some Arbitrary Judgement Of What Belongs And What Doesn't.

It Was Unlikely That Anyone Had Ever Heard A Black Person Sing Country Music.

I Might Have Become A Minor Celebrity But Royalty Checks Were A Long Way Off.

Singing As A Full-time Job Was Not Something I Had Given A Lot Of Thought To And I Had No Clear Notion Of The Money To Be Made In It.

Flying Was As Necessary To My Business As Fiddles And Footlights.