But you know, the system almost destroyed itself while it was goin' on trying to destroy us.

So I'm not very popular here with those inside the system, as you might guess. I never wanted to be.

A lot of times they don't want to hear it. But you know, if some good is done to you, you should pass it on.

You know, in the days when I started, if you had Chet Atkins' name on your record as a producer and it was on RCA, you could work the road. It didn't have to be a big hit record, it just had to have that on it.

And the whole thing is that you're treated like a step-child. Here it was down here, everything in the black, because they were stealing, basically. Stealing from us old country boys down here.

Chet loved artists. He did. But he was caught up in the system. He had two hats. He had to have 'em because he did two things: he was an artist, and he was an executive.