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" Perhaps I've found the secret for an unhappy private life. Every three years, I go and marry a girl who doesn't love me, and then she proceeds to take all my money. "

Glen Campbell

Life

Money

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Feel

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Glen Campbell

Tell

Lord

" 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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Work

Remember

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" I needed a capo - a clamp to hold down the strings - so my daddy made me one out of a corn on the cob and a rubber band. "

" I spent some time in Hell. "

" 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. "

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God

Messed Up

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Big

Play

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

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

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

" Some things I don't want to remember. "

" I'm a take-me-as-l-am person, and all the rest is water under the bridge. You can't change yesterday any more than you can predict what's gonna happen tomorrow. "

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

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

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Los Angeles

Our

" I can't be alone. "

Glen Campbell

Alone

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" All I ever wanted to do was play the guitar; singing was a sideline. "

" I worked my butt off. "

" I have been very blessed with some great songs. "