“He gave us all a mind to think with and to know what’s right or wrong, he is that inner spirit that keeps us strong.”

I sat at a bar having a beer trying to hold down the stool.

They got me for possession of something that was long, long gone.

Country music isn’t a guitar, it isn’t a banjo, it isn’t a melody, it isn’t a lyric. It’s a feeling.

When I look at you girl, I see a true work of art. So many beautiful things coming in one little heart.

When you’re down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the king.

The men who could not fight, in a war that didn’t seem right. You let them come home, America.

Is your head up your ass so far that you can’t pull it out?

The rock and roll spirit. I learned a lot of that because I worked with Buddy Holly. I played bass with him, and he taught me a lot about that.

I love Johnny Cash, and I respect Johnny Cash. He’s the biggest. He’s like an Elvis in this business, but no, he’s never been the rebel.

Mainly what I learned from Buddy… was an attitude. He loved music, and he taught me that it shouldn’t have any barriers to it.

I’ve always felt that blues, rock ‘n’ roll and country are just about a beat apart.

Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.

It was all devastating. I’d never dealt with losing anyone close to me, and I didn’t know where to put it in my life.

His looking at it from over there and it not being a part of his history made it so he could be objective.

Heroes put to the test, keeping a promise, doing their best.

The Hank Williams Syndrome: Come to Nashville, write some good songs, cut some hit records, make money, take all the drugs you can and drink all you can, become a wild man and all of a sudden die.

Those who are open to the wonder will not miss it. Faith is found in solicitude for faith, in an inner care for the wonder that is everywhere.

External silence helps to achieve inner Silence.

Art when inspired with love leads to higher realms, and that art will open for you the inner life.

Art is a divine thing. It can only be rightly expressed if opposed, to bring out its inner beauty that lies behind.

Peace is the inner nature of humankind. If you find it within yourself, you will then find it everywhere.

That which is easy is bad for your inner life.

Yoga is an inner experience – a workIN within a workOUT.

Success, I would find out, is interior. It has to do with self-fulfillment and the joy of living.