"Ain't Mama a beauty? Oh, a guitar beats a woman every time! You know, I never have seen a woman I could trust like th…"

"You know, ma'am, whenever a bunch of fellas like us - outcasts, hoboes, nobodies, gentlemen loafers, one-time or all-…"

"You know, back in my little old town of Riddle, we had a cousin named Harry. We all called him Cousin 'Hurry' because…"

"[to Marcia, as they leave Pickett for Memphis] Boy, am I glad to shake that dump. [pause] I was only kiddin', honey. …"

"Ain't nothin' in this world you can't do when you let the best side of you take over."

"Respect? Did you ever hear of anyone buying any product - beer, hair rinse, tissue - because they respect it? You got…"

"I'm not just an entertainer. I'm an influence, a wielder of opinion, a force... a force!"

"[about the writers] Here you see the lepers of the great television industry. Men without faces. Why, they even slide…"

"[about TV] You gotta be a saint to stand off the power that little box can give you."

"They love his voice, they love his guitar, they love his ideas... they should know some of his ideas."