I Had The Notion That I Wanted

I Have My Own Religion. I'm Sort Of One-quarter Baptist, One-quarter Catholic, One-quarter Jewish.

I Think The Nature Of Songwriters Is That They Are Philosophers, And Philosophers Have A Bent Towards Poetry And Songwriting, So I Think That The Two Run Around Together. The Nature Of A Songwriter Could Be Philosophical. Looking For Universal Ideas, A Way To Say Things, Get The Story Across As A Means Of Entertaining, Provoking Thought.

I Never Hid Out. I Was Never Big Enough A Star.

When I First Got To Nashville, Somebody Said That [kris Kristofferson And I] Were The Only Two People Who Could Describe Dolly Parton Without Using Their Hands.

I Knew A Lot Of Chords, But They Weren't The Chords That Came With The Melody That Came With The Idea I Had For The Song. Melodies Are Simple Things. If You See A Train Wreck, There's A Melody. If You See A Little Daisy Blowing In The Breeze, There's A Melody.