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" I was born in Abbott, Texas, a little small town in central Texas, and I was raised by my grandparents. And my parents divorced when I was six months old, and my grandparents raised me. "

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" As long as there's a few farmers out there, we'll keep fighting for them. "

" Where I grew up, Bob Wills and his western swing was very popular. And western swing is not that far from jazz and blues. "

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" When you're singing, you're using extra muscles, and it requires a lot of exercise and breathing. You can't do that if you're a sissy. If I have any fitness advice for people, I'd tell them to sing more. It's good therapy, too. "

" America, to me, is freedom. "

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" We've already been reincarnated about a million times, maybe. It doesn't make sense any other way. "

" I like myself better when I'm writing regularly. "

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" I'm not prejudiced in any way that I can think of. That's just not the guy I am. "

" I like to play small clubs. "

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" Everything about Sinatra was good. He had the ability to pick great songs, and once Sinatra had sung them, that pretty much was it. He pretty much put his stamp on everything. "

" I been a long time leaving but I'm going to be a long time gone. "

" What has changed is that nothing has changed... that's what has made me more unhappy than everything else. "

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" I don't think any person has any special knowledge about what God has planned for me and you any more than me and you do. "

" I'm from Texas, and one of the reasons I like Texas is because there's no one in control. "

" Well the country songs themselves are three-chord stories, ballads which are mostly sad. If you are already feeling sorry for yourself when you listen to them they will take you to an even sadder place. "

" And as far as guitars go, I loved Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West's stuff. "

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" I guess if you can't sing, you better have a style! "

" You want to be a good parent and you want to be a friend, and it's hard to be both. You have to balance it as well as you can. "

" When I'm driving the highway by myself is when I write best. "

" I think people need to be educated to the fact that marijuana is not a drug. Marijuana is an herb and a flower. God put it here. If He put it here and He wants it to grow, what gives the government the right to say that God is wrong? "

" When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around. "

" A lot of country music is sad. I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. It applies to music. Three chords and the truth - that's what a country song is. There is a lot of heartache in the world. "

" The whole house came up and I came up with it... I was just praying to the Lord to take care of me. "

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" I got along without you before I met you and I'll get along without you a long time after you're gone. "

" I like to stick with music I know I can play. I love classical, but I don't think I could ever play it. I'm just not qualified. "

" All my kids were raised on computers: They were home-schooled on the Internet, so they're pretty good at that stuff. And I'm proud of them, but I don't really keep up with it. "

" Sometimes there is a 36-piece orchestra going off in my stomach. "

" I am not a pig farmer. The pigs had a great time, but I didn't make any money. "

" I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad. "

" But if you think of all the people who don't like me, just think of all the millions who've never heard of me! "

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