I would not wear a trimmed mustache. Because they’re bristly.Every now and then I look in the mirror and think, “Gosh, I have a big mustache. … It looks kind of odd, doesn’t it?”A man with a mustache doesn’t get chapped lips.I figure I’ve got it now so … that’s me now. But I’m not trying to impress nobody.I think [size] does matter … guys are kind of jealous of the guy that has the really long handlebars.There was a time when I kept it waxed and twisted out. I guess I got old enough and my vanity faded enough that I didn’t think it was worth all the effort, so I just kind of let it run wild.I was cowboying out of Laramie, Wyoming. Everybody had one, so I grew one too.I’ve had it so long now that I think if I shaved it, I wouldn’t know myself.I think now mine’s pretty conservative and boring compared to what it used to be. It’s all in your perception.It just hides a part of your ugly face! That’s the most practical advantage I can think.I shaved it off for a girl I fell in love with that didn’t like mustaches … She said, “There’s something missing.” So it came back, and I’ll never shave it off for a woman again.I think that maybe there’s this misconception that it takes a lot to grow a mustache … It’s not like there’s some miracle additive, you just stop cutting the damn thing!I think a man’s outward appearance projects a lot of his character to someone.It’s an attachment to the past … I think the more we can hold onto—modify it as necessary to fit into what’s happening in society now…—but the more we can hold onto, the better.
