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"Growing up in eastern Kentucky like I did, I'm used to having a few guns around to protect me."
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"Growing up in Denver, I'm sure it started with loving the Colorado mountains."

"Well, when I was growing up it was Ozzie and Harriet on TV - nobody's parents were like that."

"Conway Twitty was always our local hero while I was growing up. He had a series of good bands. I wanted to sit in, if Conway would let me. And he did a couple of times."

"I never felt like I belonged in Minnesota when I was growing up there. That's why I was out the door as soon as I turned 18."

"I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs."

"You try various things when you're growing up. I was an attache in the Foreign Service for a while and then I drove a bulldozer, but neither of those panned out for me so it had to be stand-up."

"There are things about growing up in a small town that you can't necessarily quantify."

"I think from here on it's up to me to prove that I'm growing up and that I have other things to say, but in terms of the show it definitely gave me all of the opportunities I've had so far."
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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."

"You can't be halfway in this business. If you don't meet the fans, you lose all you've got."

"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."

"When I'd tell people I like country music they'd get this look on their faces. People were kind of ashamed of country."

"I've been married to the same man for all this time. The way we fight sometimes, you can tell."
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