Whoever Supports The Farmer Is The Guy

I'm Crazy For Trying, Crazy For Crying, And I'm Crazy For Loving You.

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.

Writing Books Is Fun Because After I Do A Show For A Couple Hours, I'm In A Bus For 22 Hours. It's Not Hard For Me To Look Out The Window And Tell A Joke Here And There.

I Learned Some Invaluable Lessons In Nashville That Apply To Both Farming And Show Business: Do Not Corner Something You Know Is Meaner Than You; Keep Skunks Of All Kinds At A Distance; If You Forgive Your Enemies, It Messes Up Their Heads.

I Still Probably Smoke As Much As I Ever Did!