There Are More Old Drunks Than There

Nothing Lasts Forever, But Old Fords And A Natural Stone.

I Learned Some Invaluable Lessons In Nashville That Apply To Both Farming And Show Business: Do Not Corner Something You Know Is Meaner Than You; Keep Skunks Of All Kinds At A Distance; If You Forgive Your Enemies, It Messes Up Their Heads.

Those People Out There Like Good Music. They Don't Stop And Ask Themselves, 'is It Country Or Rock And Roll?' If They Like It, They Will Tell You.

It Was And Is Always Nice To Work With The Kids.

I Started Learning My Lessons In Abbot Texas, Where I Was Born In 1933. My Sister Bobbie And I Were Raised By Our Grandparents [...] We Never Had Enough Money, And Bobbie And I Started Working At An Early Age To Help The Family Get By. That Hard Work Included Picking Cotton. [...] Picking Cotton Is Hard And Painful Work, And The Most Lasting Lesson I Learned In The Fields Was That I Didn't Want To Spend My Life Picking Cotton.