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"I'm not a goody-two-shoes. I'm just a father with four children."
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"My father had a varied ear, from Hank Williams to Ravel."
"I grew up in Manhattan and, since my father was a playwright, all I ever wanted to be was a stage actress."
"He never admitted anything, even on his deathbed. He was a deluded liar. If it weren't for my father, I don't think I would be so open. So that's a huge blessing."
"I was surprised by how much I like being a father; surprised at what a decent father I am, because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to dump my selfishness."
"My father was grounded, a very meat-and-potatoes man. He was a baker."
"To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible."
"I'll never forget my father's response when I told him I wanted to be a lawyer. He said, 'If you do this, no man will ever want you.'"
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"It's part of the calling to at least do a few songs in the show that give people some hope. There's so much hurt in this world and... music is such a great healing balm and a great way to forget your troubles."
"That's kind of the mission statement for the label: to try to do great music that touches people's hearts."
"Country and western is ignored by the intellectuals. They don't look at it as an art form. They think it's just somebody sitting on his couch singing about his life."
"The difference between me and the newer artists is that I have the history with the architects, the masters that started the music. I know where the music came from."
"I hate negative songs; I won't sing them. It doesn't matter if it's sold 2 million more albums."
"I look back to when I got divorced in the late 1970s. When that happened, I was so broken up. After that, I decided to seek God for my life and my next marriage."
"Maybe you're going to a concert thinking you're not going to hear anything but music. But you may walk away from there with an answer to a problem that you're carrying around with you that you didn't think you were going to hear about."
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