Roy Orbison

“My dad was an auto mechanic, but we moved to Fort Worth, where he worked in defense, building B-24s.”

“Love hurts, love scars, love wounds, and mars.”

“My voice is a gift. My talent is a gift. The life process is a gift. The opportunity for the journey is a gift.”

“Looking back on it now, I felt that I was blessed much like the masters, I guess - the guys who wrote the concertos.”

“To be a songwriter-singer means the songs come from deep within, and you treat them as an artist, with that much respect. I couldn't hardly cheat myself.”

“We used to say, 'I don't wanna be jumping around and going crazy when I'm thirty,' you know? Even Mick Jagger said, 'Well, I can't see myself at forty jumping around.' Well, here we are, you know?”