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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. "
Said
Say
Truth
" But most distinctly, I remember always saying to myself that when I get big, I'm not going to go to bed hungry, I'm not going to wear hand-me-down clothes. "
Myself
Saying
Bed
" I am who I am, I am what I am, I do what I do and I ain't never gonna do it any different. I don't care who likes it and who don't. "
Never
I Am What I Am
Likes
" 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. "
Say
Sing
Song
" 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. "
Best
Time
Ready
" I enjoyed the Hee Haw people, but from 1980 on I didn't enjoy it and thought about leavin', and thought, hell, it's an easy job and pays wonderful. I kinda just prostituted myself for their money. "
Job
Thought
Money
" 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. "
Change
People
You
" If you want me in the Hall of Fame put me in because of some contributions that I have made to country music. "
Want
Fame
Country
" I got to realizing that I wanted to record, I wanted to experiment. And doing those same old songs the same old way - I said, 'I think it's time for me to have some fun.' "
Time
Me
Doing
" I'm from the Bob Wills and the Little Richard school of music. Bob Wills did what the hell he thought, Little Richard did what he thought, and those were my big influences. "
Music
School
Thought
" I'm in an absolute frenzy towards doing as many things as I can that I want to do today. The rest can wait till tomorrow, next week, if I'm around we'll take a look. "
Week
Today
Rest
" I never expected to record again. I knew I had done everything I ever wanted to do. I was satisfied. But... all the time I'm watching the country music horizon. And I'm sayin' 'Lord, is there anybody gonna come?' "
Time
Horizon
Done
" 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. "
Back
Always
Grateful
" Lady Limelight is a jealous lady. She wants all of your attention. You don't have any time to think of anything else but Lady Limelight, because pretty soon that light will be shinning on somebody else. So you better do it while you can. "
Time
Light
Think
" My mother told me on several different occasions that she was livin' her dream vicariously through me. She once said that I was getting' to do all the things that she would have wanted to have done. "
Done
Mom
Me
" That was where my dream began to take hold, of not havin' to pick cotton and potatoes, and not havin' to be uncomfortable, too hot or too cold. That in itself had driven me to try to find some better way of life. "
Hot
Life
Better
" The last 16 years of my daddy's life, he got to work for me, and that made him his own boss and he like that. "
Own
Him
Boss
" The road had the lonely times, but I kept myself busy. "
Lonely
Road
Busy
" 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. "
Used
Us
Shower
" We were sharecroppers - we were a little bit of everything. We farmed and tried to make something. "
Tried
Something
Little
" You get up about 2-3 o'clock in the morning and get through about 7 or 8 and 12 hours later you start all over. That's the worst kind of work a person can do. You have to do these two shifts to get one day. "
Day
Kind
Morning
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