Jerry Jeff Walker

I don't try to write songs that will further my career. I write about things that I care about. I don't have a career as much as I'm having an adventure with a guitar. I never liked the business way of doing it. You have to follow some sort of instinct.

A lot of Texans go up to New York and stay there forever. If there are any two places with more individual characters, I don't know them.

The only way to know how much is enough, is to do too much, and then back up.

I think it's real easy to be famous these days; it's not real easy to sustain success.

Gonzo' means taking an unknown thing to an unknown place for a known purpose. But sometimes we're lost in an unknown place for no known purpose.

Taking over our own business and running it ourselves has tied us even more to our fans.

Nashville is the business center. They forget that the bottom line of it all is still the song.

There seems to be a great propensity in this business to write tear-jerkers, 'You-left-me' songs. I thought, 'Why don't I count my blessings by looking at what I have?' I'm pretty much an optimistic guy.

Well, we play Country music; we're just not sure what country it is.

Our audience is really upbeat. Likes to have a good time. They're not introverted or shy.

I always liked having a good time. I got into this business because I got fired from any job I ever had because I stayed out late playing music.