Honors
- Grammys
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- Best Country Performance Duo Or Group (1980) with Emmylou Harris
- Best Spoken Word Or Non-Musical Recording (1986) with Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sam Phillips, Rick Nelson and Chips Moman
- Best Country Vocal Collaboration (1988) with k.d. lang
- Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal (1989) as part of The Traveling Wilburys
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male (1990)
- Lifetime Achievement Award (1998)
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1987)
- Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1987)
- Songwriters Hall of Fame (1989)
- Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (2010)
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