“Writing songs used to be my hobby; it used to be my getaway.” — John Prine Quote

Writing songs used to be my hobby; it used to be my getaway.

If somebody tells me to work or exercise, I go the other way. I'll come up with an excuse.

In the Army, I was very good at avoiding my job!

'The Ways of a Woman in Love' is one of my very favorite early Johnny Cash songs. I like the way the lyric talks about the character walking by the girl's house and wishing he was the one in her arms.

I became a recording artist before I knew it. And I just - when I would listen to my old records, I'd just hear this young, extremely nervous fella that that made me want to run out of the room, you know, rather than listen to what he had to say.

I drive something different every day. It's just my hobby.

I like doing my makeup myself! It's a hobby of mine. I like to play around. I've learned all the best tricks from the pros!

When a man wants to relax, he will slob out and really relax. Or he will pursue a hobby - anything from building models to watching sport.

Mountaineering has always been a huge hobby of mine.

One other hobby of mine has been playing the oboe but I have not kept this up after 1969.