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"You get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess."
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"L.A. Woman is amazing, but when I was growing up I was into the Who."
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"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."
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"Growing up in Hollywood it seemed like every kid was the child of some star."
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"Growing up in Denver, I'm sure it started with loving the Colorado mountains."
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"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."
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"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."
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"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."
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"My kids have a competitive drive I never had growing up."
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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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"As a Latino growing up in Spanish harlem, it's not easy trying not to be hot-headed."
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"We still lend our old house out to relatives. They keep a guest book for my fans to sign."
Fans
"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."
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"The night I announced I was getting married, Daddy paced for hours on the porch."
Night
"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
"Sometimes I think our problems are made worse by the kind of business we're in. Playing these road shows is a weird experience."
Business
"I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is."
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"In the long run, you make your own luck - good, bad, or indifferent."
Luck
"I've seen country music go uptown, like we say, and I'm proud I was there when it happened."
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