Billy Joe Shaver

“Most of the things I write are things that are personal to me. I realized that that's the only way to really be honest. If you go writing about someone else you're just guessing at it.”

“I think maybe I was born to be a songwriter. It's quite a comfort. I wrote most of my songs to stay alive, the rest to get back in the house.”

“I'm a serious guy, and hungry, too.”

“I churched it and churched it. I got born again, slowly. I've slid back several times, but it seemed like it don't matter. God will give you seven times 70 a chance. I've pushed it to the limit a time or two.”

“I've been in trouble most of my life. No stealing or anything like that, just fights. It's all fights.”

“Hopefully things will work out where we become friends enough so that he gives me back my bullet.”