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

" If you've got a good melody and a good story married together, that's a good sign for hit-song material. "

" 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. "

" A good song is a good song. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I gave John Wayne the push he needed to get that Oscar. "

" I still love making music. And I still love performing for my fans. I'd like to thank them for sticking with me through thick and thin. "

" You don't play around with a good song. You try to just say it right in the proper place, and if you get the music and voice in tune, you'll be all right. That's always worked for me. "

" I'm not an actor, really. I can play myself pretty well. "

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

" 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. "

" The more you play music, the better you'll get. "

" I've been through a lot of changes. "

" I got to play with the big guys, the Wrecking Crew. They just blew me away. I learned a lot of stuff from those guys. "

" Some people have said that I can 'hear' a hit song, meaning that I can tell the first time a song is played for me if it has potential. I have been able to hear some of the hits that way, but I can also 'feel' one. "

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

" 'True Grit' was fun to do, but I wasn't cut out to be an actor. I made John Wayne look so good, he won his only Oscar. "

" TV is just an incredible media. "

" 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. "

" That's what we grew up with - the good songs, the good lyrics, the good big-band stuff. I miss that era. "

" When we cut 'Strangers In The Night,' we did the whole song in two takes. "

" To play with a symphony today is just fabulous. "

" I like to start the day early, it keeps me out of trouble. "

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

" There's no pillow as soft as a clear conscience. "

" Music is music. It doesn't matter if I am trying to aim at country or trying to aim at pop. "

" I'm really not a songwriter, so if I hear a song, I feel it and like it, I'll do it. But I'll make it the way I want to hear it. "

" I'm from so far back in the sticks that they had to pump the light in there. "

" I realize you are going to make mistakes through life. Just don't make any bad ones, you know. Like all of my records are perfect records, but I did make mistakes on them. "