What was the competition? Well, I remember this Puerto Rican who came out in a short skirt and a gun.

I guess the only trouble was that George was very slow in getting around to proposing. Several times, I almost proposed to him.

When I sing, trouble can sit right on my shoulder and I don't even notice.

I don't think I ever modeled myself after a singer. I've more or less copied the styles of horn-tooters right from the start.

I think I have slowly kind of had my name out there a little bit more and had some success.

I'm not really concerned so much with the industry, except in country music, as long as our fans keep coming to the shows and keep buying the records and we keep having success on country radio.

One of the first things I learned in the Marine Corps is that any military mission has to be defined as precisely as you can possibly define it, and then you size the force and equipment force to accomplish that mission without fail.

Our goal should be to achieve joy.