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"My father bought me a little cardboard accordion, and when I was three I got this little machine."

"My father is the jailhouse. My father is your system... I am only what you made me. I am only a reflection of you."

"She encouraged any artistic impulse I had, and my father discouraged any artistic impulse I had. They took out their problems with each other on me and my sister."

"Since I was a boy, from this house, I was out rescuing crocodiles and snakes. My mum and dad were very passionate about that and, I was lucky enough to go along."
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"I don't fool with a lot of things that I can't have fun with. There's not much reward in that."

"I was in high school, trying to get out of high school. The only thing slowing me up was grades."

"Lord, when the song wants to pick up and go a little faster towards the end, it's hard for me to resist."

"Dad and mom would have preferred that I be a doctor, a lawyer, a scientist, or a great humanitarian."

"If you give it good concentration, good energy, good heart and good performance, the song will play you."

"I never subscribe to the stay-at-home policy. I'm not sick of the road or sick of eating in good restaurants around the country. I like to travel."

"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."
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