I Learned To Tune A Guitar By

Singing As A Full-time Job Was Not Something I Had Given A Lot Of Thought To And I Had No Clear Notion Of The Money To Be Made In It.

A Black Man Singing About A Blond Girl Was Potential Trouble.

The Time I Spent Thinking About How I Was Better Than Somebody Else Or Worrying About Somebody Else's Attitude Was Time I Could Put To Better Use.

Besides Good Schools, A Good Airport, And The Cowboys, Dallas Had Golf Courses, And Golf Was Fast Becoming An Obsession With Me.

There Is An Intimacy About The Opry Theater That Gives An Entertainer A Special Charge.