I'll go to the movies and hear 'Angel From Montgomery' in some film, and nobody ever even told me about it. They don't tell you your stuff is going to be in a movie. They don't have to, so they don't tell you. You get paid eventually.

I'll go to the movies and hear 'Angel From Montgomery' in some film, and nobody ever even told me about it. They don't tell you your stuff is going to be in a movie. They don't have to, so they don't tell you. You get paid eventually.

In my songs, I try to look through someone else's eyes, and I want to give the audience a feeling more than a message.

In my songs, I try to look through someone else's eyes, and I want to give the audience a feeling more than a message.

I didn't hear anybody talking about the plight of a soldier coming back home and what he'd gone through. That was why I wrote about that stuff. If somebody else had done it, I probably wouldn't have touched the subject.

I didn't hear anybody talking about the plight of a soldier coming back home and what he'd gone through. That was why I wrote about that stuff. If somebody else had done it, I probably wouldn't have touched the subject.

I was in the Army in the 1960s. I didn't go to Vietnam. I went to Germany, where I drank beer. But I did have an empathy with the soldiers in Vietnam.

I was in the Army in the 1960s. I didn't go to Vietnam. I went to Germany, where I drank beer. But I did have an empathy with the soldiers in Vietnam.

I try to write about things that actually happened so that I know it's real before I put it down on paper.

I try to write about things that actually happened so that I know it's real before I put it down on paper.

I grew up in Chicago, but I spent a lot of time down in Kentucky, and Kentucky was about 20 years behind the life that was in Chicago.

I grew up in Chicago, but I spent a lot of time down in Kentucky, and Kentucky was about 20 years behind the life that was in Chicago.

I always feel like every song is the last song.

I always feel like every song is the last song.

As far as guitar picking, if I make the same mistakes at the same time every day, people will start calling it a style.

As far as guitar picking, if I make the same mistakes at the same time every day, people will start calling it a style.

I could never teach a class on songwriting. I'd tell them to goof off and find a good hideout.

I could never teach a class on songwriting. I'd tell them to goof off and find a good hideout.

Kris Kristofferson and Steve Goodman were the two most unselfish people I ever met.

Kris Kristofferson and Steve Goodman were the two most unselfish people I ever met.

I was a mailman walking in the snow six days a week, 12-hour days. Every two weeks, I'd get a check for $228.

I was a mailman walking in the snow six days a week, 12-hour days. Every two weeks, I'd get a check for $228.

You know that first love that leaves you? You never forget that, especially if you're a songwriter. I must have gotten nine songs out of that girl.

You know that first love that leaves you? You never forget that, especially if you're a songwriter. I must have gotten nine songs out of that girl.