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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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"L.A. Woman is amazing, but when I was growing up I was into the Who."

"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."

"Growing up in Hollywood it seemed like every kid was the child of some star."

"Growing up in Denver, I'm sure it started with loving the Colorado mountains."

"I always felt like I was a freak when I was growing up and that there was something wrong with me because I couldn't fit in anywhere."

"I was black growing up in an all-white neighborhood so I felt like I just didn't fit in. Like I wasn't as good as everybody else or as smart, or whatever."

"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."

"My kids have a competitive drive I never had growing up."

"As a Latino growing up in Spanish harlem, it's not easy trying not to be hot-headed."

"Today the world changes so quickly that in growing up we take leave not just of youth but of the world we were young in."
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"When I'd tell people I like country music they'd get this look on their faces. People were kind of ashamed of country."

"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."

"Sometimes I think our problems are made worse by the kind of business we're in. Playing these road shows is a weird experience."

"I've seen country music go uptown, like we say, and I'm proud I was there when it happened."
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