"The kids called me King of the Surf Guitar. I surfed sunup to sundown."

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"The kids called me King of the Surf Guitar. I surfed sunup to sundown."

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"As a little kid I had a girlfriend, and her boyfriend used to beat me up, so then I used to sing these songs, and that's what it's all about. Country music is all about your heart and your people and things like that."

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"I'll just tell you the way it is. You ask me what time it is and I'm gonna tell you how to build a clock."

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