“ I remember as a kid being cold a lot, and hungry sometimes. We'd go to bed with just cornbread and milk, and I remember wearing shoes with holes in the bottom. I remember having twine for shoestrings. ”
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“ And I said, 'Why not? It's the truth! Why can't I say I'm a Beatles fan?' I used to get criticized for that. ”
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“ Weren't any druggies in the band. Anybody who's been on the road any length of time had taken No-Doz or a diet pill to stay awake, but I think that even that was very much at a minimum. ”
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“ And I said, 'Why not? It's the truth! Why can't I say I'm a Beatles fan?' I used to get criticized for that. ”
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“ What a wonderful opportunity was presented to me to be able to make a living and pay my bills while I'm learning my trade. ”
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“ I remember as a kid being cold a lot, and hungry sometimes. We'd go to bed with just cornbread and milk, and I remember wearing shoes with holes in the bottom. I remember having twine for shoestrings. ”
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“ I found a sound that people really liked - I found this basic concept and all I did was change the lyrics and the melody a little bit. My songs, if you listen to them, they're quite a lot alike, like Chuck Berry. ”
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“ We were sharecroppers - we were a little bit of everything. We farmed and tried to make something. ”
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“ We used to get one room and we'd park the vehicle outside, everybody would all take showers and we'd steal towels because we knew we wasn't gonna have enough towels for all five of us to shower. ”
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“ I'd like just to be remembered as a guy that came along and did his music, did his best and showed up on time, clean and ready to do the job, wrote a few songs, and had a hell of a time. ”
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“ I didn't say I wasn't gonna do rockabilly. I just said I ain't gonna sing no song that ain't a country song. I won't be known as anything but a country singer. ”
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“ And I said, 'Why not? It's the truth! Why can't I say I'm a Beatles fan?' I used to get criticized for that. ”
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“ I remember thinkin' that I could probably make about $5 if I'd go out and pick cotton all day. And I could make $5 dollars bein' in this honky-tonk - the guy will give me $5 a night, and I'll be in here where it's warm in the winter and cool in the summertime. ”
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“ Today, if I had to do it over again, I think what I would do it a little differently. I think what I would do, I would just be cool and take advantage of what Nashville had to offer instead of tryin' to swim upstream all the time. ”
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“ I was always very grateful to 'em and am grateful to 'em now. I went back a couple of years ago and did their 20th anniversary show. But the longer I stayed on Hee Haw, the worse things got for me musically. ”
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“ I remember thinkin' that I could probably make about $5 if I'd go out and pick cotton all day. And I could make $5 dollars bein' in this honky-tonk - the guy will give me $5 a night, and I'll be in here where it's warm in the winter and cool in the summertime. ”
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“ I always had a lot of driving-type music in my bones. I always loved music that had lots of beat. I always wanted to sound like a locomotive comin' right through the front room. ”
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“ And I said, 'Why not? It's the truth! Why can't I say I'm a Beatles fan?' I used to get criticized for that. ”
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“ Weren't any druggies in the band. Anybody who's been on the road any length of time had taken No-Doz or a diet pill to stay awake, but I think that even that was very much at a minimum. ”
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“ We used to get one room and we'd park the vehicle outside, everybody would all take showers and we'd steal towels because we knew we wasn't gonna have enough towels for all five of us to shower. ”
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“ I remember thinkin' that I could probably make about $5 if I'd go out and pick cotton all day. And I could make $5 dollars bein' in this honky-tonk - the guy will give me $5 a night, and I'll be in here where it's warm in the winter and cool in the summertime. ”
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“ Today, if I had to do it over again, I think what I would do it a little differently. I think what I would do, I would just be cool and take advantage of what Nashville had to offer instead of tryin' to swim upstream all the time. ”
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“ We had a GREAT TIME! We like what we were doin' and we did it with a great amount of flair. We did it with a propensity towards 'Ready or not, here we come!'. ”
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“ I always had a lot of driving-type music in my bones. I always loved music that had lots of beat. I always wanted to sound like a locomotive comin' right through the front room. ”
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“ My mother and dad objected strenuously to me playing in the honky-tonks and they never thought I'd amount to anything. ”
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“ We were sharecroppers - we were a little bit of everything. We farmed and tried to make something. ”
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“ We were sharecroppers - we were a little bit of everything. We farmed and tried to make something. ”
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“ We had a GREAT TIME! We like what we were doin' and we did it with a great amount of flair. We did it with a propensity towards 'Ready or not, here we come!'. ”
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