We are not set apart to rule, but chosen and set apart to serve.
Songwriting is as much a craft as a talent.
Whiskey's to tough, Champagne costs too much, Vodka puts my mouth in gear. I hope this refrain, Will help me explain, As a matter of fact, I like beer.
I love winners when they cry, losers when they try.
Make your melodies simple enough so that the average person can hum them.
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.
God bless little children while they're still too young to hate.
I would rather be known as an advocate of equal suffrage than to speak every night on the best-paying platforms in the United States and ignore it.
The ideal leader is one who hears the voice of God, and beckons on as the voice calls him and them.
I was a big Mickey Rourke fan in his first incarnation. I thought that at the time he was America's greatest screen actor.
The grandchildren of the kids who used to weep because the Little Match Girl froze to death now feel cheated if she isn't slugged, raped and thrown into a Bessemer converter.