You have an athletic director who wants to bring us up-to-date,

One of the things that I've always not liked is the modern players have always concentrated on dancing in the end zone and BSing when serious things were going on in this country that needed to be changed. So my opinion is that when these young people stand up and risk their careers, that's a good sign for everything and all of us.

I remember the first time I walked on that stage. Maxine and I were just a duet at the time, and we walked on that stage and did 'Looking Back to See.' Ernest Tubb introduced us at the time. I remember my knees were shaking.

Most of us agree there's going to be a tax cut. The question is how much, how soon and who gets it.

They were throwing everything at us. Their guns sounded like cannons and our guns sounded like pop guns.

But the longer we live, the more we appreciate what got us where we are. I am glad to see they have restored much of the original woodwork and these columns especially. If you've got this stuff, you ought not hide it.