Hillbilly Quotes

I'm no hillbilly singer.

Once in a while I get inspired and finish my act with the hillbilly hoedown.

There was a misconception about me when I started off because I had my hair greased up and I have some vague resemblance to the hillbilly gene pool that Elvis came from. People would say, 'You want to be Elvis' and I would say, 'No'.

Deep down, I'm just a West Virginia hillbilly.

Hopefully I'll be the first Mexican-American going into Hillbilly Heaven.

People look at you, and they've got just the perfect little box for you, the perfect category. Call you a redneck. Call you a hillbilly. Like those were insults.

You got to have smelt a lot of mule manure before you can sing like a hillbilly.

I get along with all the women singers, but especially Dolly Parton. We talk the same hillbilly language.

I feel like I'm the luckiest person alive. I'm always waiting for that phone call: 'Hello. We've just realized you're really a no-talent hillbilly. We've made a horrible mistake and we'd like you to leave now.'