David Allan Coe

“It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; it's the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time.”

“The perfect country and western song... has something about mama, or trains, or trucks, or prison, or getting drunk.”

“You never even call me by my name.”

“I've lived the kind of life that most people only read about in books.”

“Some people say I'm a legend, some people say I'm a myth, but I'm just a longhaired redneck.”

“I'm just a storyteller. That's what I do.”

“You can't call it country music if it ain't got a fiddle and a steel guitar in it.”

“Hank Williams taught me how to write songs. Johnny Cash taught me how to be an outlaw.”

“I've been in more prisons than a lot of people have been in bars.”

“Country music is not about being politically correct. It's about telling the truth.”

“I write about what I know. I've been to prison. I've been in love. I've been in a lot of fights.”

“I ain't no weekend warrior, I'm a full-time outlaw.”