When I Grew Up There Wasn't Air-conditioning

I Think It Was Tommy Who Told Me, 'when Your Song Is Called 'xyz' Or Whatever, Every Line Has Got To Make Sense Against Your Title.' He Showed Me Little Methods Of Proving To Yourself Whether The Line Belongs, And Ways Of Finding Out Whether You Were Able To Get More Out Of A Line If You Tried.

I Just Follow My Nose, And Instead Of Letting Someone Run My Affairs And Probably Make Me Wealthy Within A Matter Of Years, I've Just Kept The Board Of Directors Down To Zero. I Make All The Decisions, And They Can't All Be Right, And My Lifestyle Is Very Expensive, So That Means I Have To Work A Lot. It's The Opposite Side Of The Coin From Sinking Back Into The Recliner And Becoming Somebody They Bury.

To Be Part Of What You're Singing About Is Somewhat Painful. You've Got To Climb Inside It All.

There Are So Many Conditions To Programming In America, Where It's Dominated By These People That Own 800 Radio Stations That Have No Idea Who To Play And Who Not To Play, And They Listen To Somebody Or Read Somebody Else's Programming Sheet And Go By Buck Owens' Opinion Or Something. Eight Hundred Stations Are Controlled By Some Guy That Doesn't Have A Clue As To What To Do About Music.

There's One Thing I Never Did Do, And That Was Stink.