It didn't make much difference what time of night it was, whenever [my father would] come in drunk, he'd say, "Get up and sing me some songs." We didn't want to sing but we sang.

Discipline says, 'I need to.' Duty says, 'I ought to.' Devotion says, 'I want to.'

We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon.

Death is just a comma to a Christian, not a period.

Before then, Britain was pessimistic and the role of government was largely managing Britain in decline.

If people liked your singing well enough, if you were special to them, then you never left their minds throughout all of the years.

God bless the boys from Memphis, blue suede shoes, and Elvis.

I've always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music, I would have loved to had that break, but it never was offered to me, a job in that field, so naturally, I got lost on that other road.

I hear some new artists that sound country but the record labels and country radio lean more toward a more rock feel for what gets signed to a label and played on the radio.

I would just like to say thank you to each one of my fans for supporting me all these years and continuing to come to the concerts and buy my music. I owe them everything.

All Patsy Cline had to do was sing somebody else’s song and her version would outsell theirs because it would be so good!

He stopped loving her today, they placed a wreath upon his door.

No matter what song I recorded or sang, I did it my way.

If you're gonna drive me crazy baby, drive me to drink.

I lay my head on the wheel and the horn begins honking, the whole neighborhood knows that I'm home drunk again.

I'd rather sing a sad song than eat.

Be real about what you do. Stay true to the voice inside you. Don't let the 'business' change what it is you love because the people, the fans, respond to what is heartfelt. They can always tell when a singer is faking it.

Different people have their ways of measuring success, maybe it's not the right way but wrong's what I do best.

There's nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody.