When I first came to Nashville people hardly gave country music any respect. We lived in old cars and dirty hotels and we ate when we could.

When I first came to Nashville people hardly gave country music any respect. We lived in old cars and dirty hotels and we ate when we could.

I don't like to talk about things where you're going to gt one side or the other unhappy. My music has no politics.

I don't like to talk about things where you're going to gt one side or the other unhappy. My music has no politics.

Daddy was real gentle with kids. That's why I expected so much out of marriage figuring that all men should be steady and pleasant.

Daddy was real gentle with kids. That's why I expected so much out of marriage figuring that all men should be steady and pleasant.

I know there's some kind of history to mountain music-like it came from Ireland or England or Scotland and we kept up the tradition.

I know there's some kind of history to mountain music-like it came from Ireland or England or Scotland and we kept up the tradition.