There Is An Intimacy About The Opry

The Time I Spent Thinking About How I Was Better Than Somebody Else Or Worrying About Somebody Else's Attitude Was Time I Could Put To Better Use.

I Realize I Was More Of A Curiosity To The Older Nashville Artists Than The New Ones.

Any Entertainer Who Tells You That The Adoration Of Fans Is Not A Heady Experience Probably Never Had The Experience.

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

I Grew Up Not Liking My Father Very Much. I Never Saw Him Cry. But He Must Have. Everybody Cries.