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"I've seen country music go uptown, like we say, and I'm proud I was there when it happened."
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"People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around - the music and the ideas."
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"This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway."
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"Strains of music spring up, crystallizing in the night air like rain turning suddenly to snow, drifting to earth."
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"I was about sixteen when I discovered that music could get you laid, so I got into music boy, didn't matter what you looked like either, you could be a geeky looking guy but if you played music, whoa, you'd get the girls."
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"Music is happiness with a steady pulse."
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"A composer knows that music is written by human beings for human beings and that music is a continuation of life, not something separated from it."
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"Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory."
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"Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows."
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"If you have a recital to do, you have to memorize the songs. I never use music when I do recitals. It produces an instant barrier, both for yourself and the audience."
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"I just like to entertain myself by sitting down and writing songs."
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"I wouldn't have dared ask God for all that He's given me. I couldn't have done it on my own. I thank God every day for what I have."
God
"When I'd tell people I like country music they'd get this look on their faces. People were kind of ashamed of country."
Music
"The night I announced I was getting married, Daddy paced for hours on the porch."
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"When I first came to Nashville, people hardly gave country music any respect. We lived in old cars and dirty hotels, and we ate when we could."
Music
"I avoid going through places where there's too much poverty."
Poverty
"Some of my friends who know me best say they wouldn't trade places with me for $1 million because of the pace I lead."
Friendship
"I want more out of life than I've gotten."
Life
"My attitude toward men who mess around is simple: If you find 'em, kill 'em."
Men
"You can't be halfway in this business. If you don't meet the fans, you lose all you've got."
Business
"My biggest hero, Gregory Peck, was my birthday present on April 14, 1973. I just sat and stared at him."
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