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" Ah, the Wrecking Crew! They played on everything that came out of L.A. Oh, that was a good band. You really enjoyed going to work. You played for everyone; it didn't matter what it was. "

Glen Campbell

Matter

Work

Good

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Life

Money

" I would have been content to just do studio work, making it on my own never really entered my mind. "

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" With the TV shows, you get eight zillion people watching you. I was really surprised at the way everything went. I knew television was powerful, but that was just... wow. "

" Dean Martin. He was incredible. "

" I know it was raw in some places, and I was a jerk in some places, but that's the way I was, and I was stupid. "

" I've laughed, and I've cried. Laughing has got it over crying. "

" I played on a lot of Sinatra sessions. He was simply awesome. He liked to laugh, and he could be one of the boys when he wanted. But he was also a very serious performer. "

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Awesome

Laugh

" With the first money I got, I built my parents a house back home, gave them a string of credit cards, and said 'Go.' "

" They could never put me in a slot. They couldn't say Glen was 'country,' 'pop' or 'rock.' I'm crock, OK? A cross between country and rock. Call me crock. "

Glen Campbell

Call

Say

" Our dad taught us not to be a loafer and a slough-off, that you don't blame somebody else for your misfortunes. "

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Blame

Somebody

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Work

Remember

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" Do everything according to God, and be nice, and treat other people the way you would like to be treated. "