Tracy Byrd Quotations

We're going to have the Red Cross at the gates taking donations. These people need so much help, it's the least we can do.

We really hope some of these people can come to the show. It's as much for them now as it is for anyone.

I felt honored to join these remarkable ambassadors and help them share the story of children's hospitals. Their experiences and strength are an inspiration to all of us.

Our Labor Day concert has taken on a larger meaning with the devastation of the hurricane. The show is still free, but we encourage our fans to give as much as they can spare to the Red Cross volunteers who will be collecting at the concert,

We all just hope a third of these people show up. It will make for a great show.

With just us local guys doing the show, we were able to keep it free for the public. If we would have had other artists on the bill, then we would have had to pay them to be here.

I've been home four days in the last six weeks. I'm looking forward to a little time off this next week. One of my kids is having a birthday, and my wife, and then it is our anniversary, too.

The whole state of Texas has really stepped up on this thing, and I'm especially proud to be a Texan today.

I wanted big landscapes and mountains and things and it ends up the cover doesn't have a mountain it,

At first it was just going to be a great Labor Day festival to come home, have some fun, enjoy ourselves and play some music. But then with Hurricane Katrina and all the evacuees staying at Ford Park, it's taken on a new life.

For majors, that?s enough units for them to make money but not enough for (the artist) to get out of debt.

it's going to be an hour and a half of songs you're going to recognize.

I love Oregon, I love the beauty of it, and that's kind of what I had in mind for (the cover).

Hearing that Jones has pneumonia is definitely upsetting. He's awfully tough, so I'm confident he'll pull through it. In the meantime, we'll be sending our thoughts and prayers up for him and Nancy. I love him, and we need George Jones around for a long, long time still.

I may drink too much and play too loud, hang out with a rough and rowdy crowd. That don't mean I don't respect my mama or Uncle Sam.

The drinking bone is connected to the party bone, the party bone is connected to the staying out all night long.

We like to hunt and golf and drive around lost, and scratch and spit, and a whole lot of other disgusting stuff.

We'll bring out the Elvis TV trays.

I have always loved rock music. But I have played country music since my senior year in high school. That's where my heart is. I try to keep up with the rock world as much as I can.