My Life Has Run From Misery To

Growing Up In Eastern Kentucky Like I Did, I'm Used To Having A Few Guns Around To Protect Me.

I Don't Like To Talk About Things Where You're Going To Gt One Side Or The Other Unhappy. My Music Has No Politics.

Mommy Smoked But She Didn't Want Us To. She Saw Smoke Coming Out Of The Barn One Time, So We Got Whipped.

Me And My Partner, Conway Twitty, Cleaned Up At The 1972 Country Music Association Awards.

Being On Stage Is The Best Part Of My Career. I Just Say Whatever Comes Into My Head. It's The Only Time I Feel Grown-up And In Control Of Things.