I found a sound that people really liked - I found this basic concept and all I did was change the lyrics and the melody a little bit. My songs, if you listen to them, they`re quite a lot alike, like Chuck Berry.
I enjoyed the Hee Haw people, but from 1980 on I didn`t enjoy it and thought about leavin`, and thought, hell, it`s an easy job and pays wonderful. I kinda just prostituted myself for their money.
I didn`t say I wasn`t gonna do rockabilly. I just said I ain`t gonna sing no song that ain`t a country song. I won`t be known as anything but a country singer.
But most distinctly, I remember always saying to myself that when I get big, I`m not going to go to bed hungry, I`m not going to wear hand-me-down clothes.