And I got to know Red Foley well. And I got to know Lefty really well, he was a great guy.

Well, no, you can prepare it all you want, but I'd still stutter.

I remember li'l ol' Hank Jr. - he was just a baby back in them days, you know - but he used to hang around. His mama would bring him around. He was just a natural.

I didn't get to meet Hank Williams. I was in the Air Force on Okinawa when he passed away.

And my daddy could play a harmonica and also the guitar, so I guess I got a little bit from both of 'em, but I think mostly from my mother's side of the family.

And I began to tell little anecdotes that had happened to me, and people would laugh. And I began to like that, you know. But I knew that, 'cause I'd do that in school, but I wouldn't do it out there in front of all them people.