Writing books is fun because after I do a show for a couple hours, I’m in a bus for 22 hours. It’s not hard for me to look out the window and tell a joke here and there.
I believe in looseness.
I’m an old fashioned joint smoker ya know.
I got along without you before I met you and I’ll get along without you a long time after you’re gone.
You know why divorces are so expensive? They’re worth it.
Where I grew up, Bob Wills and his western swing was very popular. And western swing is not that far from jazz and blues.
You’ll never get ahead by blaming your problems on other people.
I’m from Texas, and one of the reasons I like Texas is because there’s no one in control.
I been a long time leaving but I’m going to be a long time gone.
If you wait for tomorrow to follow your dreams, by the time that you get there they’re gone.
I think the best exercise that I do is singing for an hour-and-a-half out on the stage, because, yes, I use the lung, the biggest muscle in your body.
How would you like to bite that in the ass, develop lock jaw and be dragged to death?
One thing I learned is that the mind, rather than being the master, should be the servant of the heart.
If you go to a magic show, you don’t want to see logic.
Just can’t wait to get on the road again.
I live one day at a time, one day at a time. Yesterday’s gone and tomorrow is blind, so I live one day at a time.
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.
Freedom is control in your own life.
There are more serious problems in life than financial ones, and I’ve had a lot of those. I’ve been broke before, and will be again.
I think I’m basically the same guy I always was. Maybe I’ve learned, through experience, to rein in some of the anger and temper they say redheads normally have.