Take my hand, don’t be afraid. I’m wanna prove every word I say.

You’ve got to concentrate on the business of entertaining and writing songs. Always think different from the next person. Don’t ever do a song as you heard somebody else do it. Concentrate and practice every single day.

As I was growing up, I did a lot of talent shows. I won fifteen Sunday nights straight in a series of talent shows in Macon. I showed up the sixteenth night, and they wouldn’t let me go on any more. Whatever success I had was through the help of the good Lord.

Sitting in the morning sun, I’ll be sitting when the evening comes.

This loneliness won’t leave me alone.

You've got to concentrate on the business of entertaining and writing songs. Always think different from the next person. Don't ever do a song as you heard somebody else do it. Concentrate and practice every single day.

This loneliness won't leave me alone.

Sittin' here resting my bones, this loneliness won't leave me alone. Two thousand miles I roam, just to make this dock my home. I'm just gon' sit at the dock of the bay, watching the tide roll away. Sittin' on the dock of the bay, wastin' time.

When I go into the studio, I'm strictly for business... I don't like any fooling around in the studio.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T, take out the TCP.