Just Take What You Need From The

I Started Writing Cheating Songs When I Was Too Young To Have Any Idea What I Was Writing About - Broken Hearts And Things Like That. I Just Think It Was Something I Already Knew, Something I Had Experienced In Another Lifetime.

When I'm Driving The Highway By Myself Is When I Write Best.

I Started Learning My Lessons In Abbot Texas, Where I Was Born In 1933. My Sister Bobbie And I Were Raised By Our Grandparents [...] We Never Had Enough Money, And Bobbie And I Started Working At An Early Age To Help The Family Get By. That Hard Work Included Picking Cotton. [...] Picking Cotton Is Hard And Painful Work, And The Most Lasting Lesson I Learned In The Fields Was That I Didn't Want To Spend My Life Picking Cotton.

I Think Most Art Comes Out Of Poverty And Hard Times.

And As Far As Guitars Go, I Loved Jimmy Bryant And Speedy West's Stuff.