Stars: George Weighs In On...

HANK WILLIAMS:

"Hank Williams is the boss of it all, as far as I'm concerned. Everything that man recorded I memorized. He was put on this earth for one thing, to stir everybody's heart up. In a period of five years he was here, did all that and was gone."



WAYLON JENNINGS:

"Waylon Jennings was another man with a big heart. He and Johnny helped me when I was in my worst shape. They gave me money to pay bills. I didn't ask to borrow it, they knew what I needed. And that's a real friend."

MERLE HAGGARD:

"Merle Haggard is about my favorite singer nowadays. I still love Hank Williams, he's still the boss. I still love the old stuff that Lefty [Frizzell] did, and Roy Acuff. But Haggard, all he has to do is open his mouth and sing. He never did a lot of these fancy syllables and phrasing like I did, but everybody ain't got it like Merle has. It all ties in to one main thing, talent, and he just done it right."Tammy Wynette:

"Tammy Wynette had a very different voice, like Patsy Cline, way ahead of her time. She was determined. Nobody would give her a shot, she went to every label there was, and Billy Sherrill happened to have some good songs in there waiting for a good voice."



ALAN JACKSON:

"I love him because he started off country and he wasn't like the rest of them, he stayed country. They would either accept him or they wouldn't."