I can only say the first thing that pops into my mind is I remember, years ago, seeing kind of a has-been country singer working - when I first moved to Nashville - in a bar in a Holiday Inn.

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Quitting doesn't enter my mind.

Quitting doesn't enter my mind.

Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care.

Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care.

I sell escapism.

I sell escapism.

Older and wiser voices can help you find the right path, if you are only...

Older and wiser voices can help you find the right path, if you are only...

Where's the church, who took the steeple, Religion's in the hands of some crazy ass...

Where's the church, who took the steeple, Religion's in the hands of some crazy ass...

Phish and Dave Matthews really know their audiences and really treat them well.

Phish and Dave Matthews really know their audiences and really treat them well.

It is an eternal truth in the political as well as the mystical body, that...

It is an eternal truth in the political as well as the mystical body, that...

To describe my scarce leisure time in today's terms, I always default to reading.

To describe my scarce leisure time in today's terms, I always default to reading.

Where's the church, who took the steeple, Religion's in the hands of some crazy ass...

Where's the church, who took the steeple, Religion's in the hands of some crazy ass...

Elvis was the only man from Northeast Mississippi who could shake his hips and still...

Elvis was the only man from Northeast Mississippi who could shake his hips and still...

Wrinkles will only go where the smiles have been.

Wrinkles will only go where the smiles have been.

If it doesn't work out there will never be any doubt that the pleasure was...

If it doesn't work out there will never be any doubt that the pleasure was...

If we weren't all crazy, we'd just go insane.

If we weren't all crazy, we'd just go insane.

It's been wonderful for me, and I feel so privileged to have fans that are...

It's been wonderful for me, and I feel so privileged to have fans that are...

People who think too much before they act don't act too much.

People who think too much before they act don't act too much.

These old ballparks are like cathedrals in America. We don't have big old Gothic cathedrals...

These old ballparks are like cathedrals in America. We don't have big old Gothic cathedrals...

Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a...

Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a...

Instinct taught me 20 years ago to pace a song or a concert performance. That...

Instinct taught me 20 years ago to pace a song or a concert performance. That...

At 57, to have a No. 1 album, I wasn't expecting it.

At 57, to have a No. 1 album, I wasn't expecting it.

My mother insisted that her children read.

My mother insisted that her children read.