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" Daddy - I remember when he first let me drive the cultivator for him, you know... He eased you into the hard work that you had to do later. "

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" We lived on the farm, and our mode of transportation was wagon and team. No electricity. I'm the seventh son of 12 kids - eight boys and four girls. Mom and Dad handled that very well. But I wanted to get out. "

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" With a lot of songs, songs that don't make a good statement, I forget the words. "

" Great stories start with great opening lines. 'I'm a lineman for the county' - what a great way to start a song. "

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" All my records - 'By the Time I Get to Phoenix,' 'Wichita Lineman,' 'Galveston,' 'Rhinestone Cowboy,' 'Dreams of the Everyday Housewife' - they all had strings on them. "

" I don't miss television. It's too much hurry up and sit around, wait till they do this and do that, and get the lighting just right. I'd much rather go out on a stage anywhere and just play and sing for an hour. "

" Picking a guitar was a lot easier than picking cotton. "

" I've been every way there is to be. "

" I was very candid in my book because I want people to know the truth... and that people can change for the better. "

" I'm running my life according to what I know to be true from the Bible and the old scribes. "

" I'm an avid golfer. "

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" 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. "

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" I'll tell you, my dad played and sang, and it didn't take me long to figure out that playing a guitar was a whole lot better than getting ahold of a hoe handle or chopping cotton, man. "