To join Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys was like throwing a baseball around in your front yard and somebody coming over and signing you to play for the New York Yankees.

I've always liked the stuff that kicks.

When I get asked for advice for a young person starting in the music business, I tell them, 'Play every chance you get, and be real lucky.'

I asked the man on the phone from the National Endowment for the Arts what this fellowship entailed, and he said, 'Well, first there's $10,000.' I asked him, 'Can I pay it in installments?'

To me, comedy is just twisting reality. It's commenting or observing or twisting life.

We're all basically decent human beings so if 3,000 people are laughing at a joke then it's worth telling.

Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor.

I see parody as another form of comedy.