“And they really did not want Willie or me, either one, to “have a hit record. They wanted the money, but they didn’t want us to be the ones.”

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.

So I’m not very popular here with those inside the system, as you might guess. I never wanted to be.

The villains have turned into heroes. The heroes have turned into heals.

Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.

It hurts being the one who loves more

Even more exasperating than the guy who thinks he knows it all is the one who really does.

No one could have brought in more personnel than we have to build a football team.

I think I’m one of the friendliest celebrities around, because I’ll stop to talk to anybody who recognizes me.

George Harrison is one of the sweetest, kindest and most considerate men I know.

I’m always living in hope that one day she’ll say she just wants me!

We are all ONE, no matter in what form, space or time. As ONE we can change the world if we start changing ourselves.