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" Roger Miller opened a lot of people's eyes to the possibilities of country music, and it's making more impact now because it's earthy material: stories and things that happen to everyday people. I call it 'people music.' "

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" I listened to a battery radio, old country and pop stuff. Because I was singing all the time, my dad bought me a $7.50 guitar. "

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" I've always been forgetful. "

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

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Our

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

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

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" 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. "

" God only knows just how much I'm going to do, or not going to do. "

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

" 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. "

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

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" A good song is a good song. "

" I'm an avid golfer. "

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Avid

" With the first money I got, I built my parents a house back home, gave them a string of credit cards, and said 'Go.' "

" 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. "

" I love singing. I just love it. "

" I just wanted to do a music show, with the whole realm of music from Ella Fitzgerald to rock bands like Cream to Kenny Rogers. We had a lot of country, but we did every kind of music. The Monkees were on, and so was Johnny Cash. "

" TV is just an incredible media. "

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Media

Just

" 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. "

" 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. "

Glen Campbell

Fans

Love

" I have been blessed. I really have. "

" 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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" 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. "

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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. "

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

" God's law is God's law, period. Teach your children that. "

" I worked my butt off. "

" 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. "

" I am just trying to do a song the best possible way I can. "

" I saw my first indoor bathroom when I was 9. "

" 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. "