It's Like A Novelist Writing Far Out

I Start A Lot More Songs Than I Finish, Because I Realize When I Get Into Them, They're No Good. I Don't Throw Them Away, I Just Put Them Away, Store Them, Get Them Out Of Sight.

My Father Was A Man Of Love. He Always Loved Me To Death. He Worked Hard In The Fields, But My Father Never Hit Me. Never. I Don't Ever Remember A Really Cross, Unkind Word From My Father.

[sam Phillips] Laughed At Me. I Just Didn't Like The Way I Walk The Line Sounded To Me. I Didn't Know I Sounded That Way. And I Didn't Like It. I Don't Know. But He Said Let's Give It A Chance, And It Was Just A Few Days Until - That's All It Took To Take Off.

Happiness Is Being At Peace, Being With Loved Ones, Being Comfortable...but Most Of All, It's Having Those Loved Ones.

Sam Phillips Responded Most To A Song Of Mine Called, "hey Porter," Which Was On The First Record.