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" It was Dec. 22, 1981. I figured I had messed up enough, and I decided to have a little faith and let God take over. It definitely straightened my act up in a hurry. "

Glen Campbell

God

Messed Up

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" I'm an avid golfer. "

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Golfer

Avid

" 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. "

" We moved to Los Angeles because our daughter wanted to go to Pepperdine. "

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Our

" I can read a chord chart, but I couldn't read a note chart. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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Place

Good

" I like 'me'/'I' songs. "

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Songs

" If we grew it, we ate it. If Daddy shot it, Mamma cooked it. "

" It's easier being with somebody who's got some sense. "

" The very first big one I had was 'Turn Around and Look At Me.' "

" I learned it was crucial to play right on the edge of the beat... It makes you drive the song more. You're ahead of the beat, but you're not. "

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

" I don't really classify 'Wichita Lineman' as country. "

" I can't be alone. "

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Alone

" '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. "

" I play guitar, and it's not a prop. "

" 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. "

" 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 guess I'm like Roger Miller who used to say that he didn't have as many jokes as he thought he did. "

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Used

Thought

" Elvis was a great singer. He really was. "

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Singer

Great

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

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

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

" Hank Williams' music - it just doesn't go away, for some reason. "

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Go Away

" I worked my butt off. "