When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance.

I feel that if I can show my demise artistically to the public, I can somehow cure my own legend.

George Jones will always be one of the most amazing singers who ever lived. He was a true Country Music legend who made music very personal to the listener - I think more than anyone else. He will be dearly missed, but always remembered.

The traditions of the dead generations weigh like a nightmare upon the living.

When I'm dead, are they going to remember me? I don't really think about it, it's up to them. When I'm dead, who cares? I don't.

It is with the book of history, and not with isolated pages, that the United States will ever wish to be identified.