"Usually whenever you're scared of something, do it. If you're not afraid of it, don't do it."

“Yelling Irish, you can sound like an angry Leprechaun.”

“I made a resolve then that I was going to amount to something if I could. And no hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me. And I have done that ever since, and I win by it. I know.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

“An image of the earth, its landscapes, directly affects people. The beauty of the earth creates enormous emotion, and through that emotion, you can transmit knowledge and raise consciousness”

“It was important to me to believe, because if I don't believe, how can I expect them to believe?”

“I saw many people who had advanced heart disease and I was so frustrated because I knew if they just knew how to do the right thing, simple lifestyle and diet steps, that the entire trajectory of their life and health would have been different.”

“Only the rich can get justice, only the poor cannot escape it.”

Source : Henry Demarest Lloyd, Alun Munslow, Owen R. Ashton (1995). “Henry Demarest Lloyd's critiques of American capitalism, 1881-1903”, Edwin Mellen Pr

“My life has been a tapestry of rich and royal hue, an everlasting vision of the ever changing view.”

Source : Song: Tapestry, Album: Tapestry, 1971

“Country music is always changing but the Opry is always there to serve as a lighthouse for what country music really is. The past, present and future is all encompassed by not only the physical structure of the building but also the radio show.”