"You've got to be careful not to be a hypocrite. If you sing a song about drinking, you've got to drink. If you sing a song about shooting a man down, you've got to shoot a man down. I've done both, fo…"

"I wear the black for every tear that falls, for every shattered dream, beyond these prison walls."

"I've been through a lot of ups and downs in my life. But I've always come back to the music."

"I'm not a country singer. I'm a singer of songs. And I sing all kinds of songs."

"I'm not a saint. I'm a sinner. And I'm trying to do the best I can with what I've got."