You don't mess with politics and religion. Leave it alone. People get upset at that sometimes.
With the first money I got, I built my parents a house back home, gave them a string of credit cards, and said 'Go.'
When I did 'Wichita Lineman,' it was as good as I could do it, so I keep doing it that way. It's such a haunting song.
What I try to do is live with myself and please me. If I can't do that, I can't please anybody else or live with anybody else.
We didn't have electricity when I was a kid. We had to watch TV by candlelight. No, that's a silly joke.
That's what we grew up with - the good songs, the good lyrics, the good big-band stuff. I miss that era.
Our dad taught us not to be a loafer and a slough-off, that you don't blame somebody else for your misfortunes.
Music is music. It doesn't matter if I am trying to aim at country or trying to aim at pop.
If you've got a good melody and a good story married together, that's a good sign for hit-song material.
I'm running my life according to what I know to be true from the Bible and the old scribes.