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

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

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" I don't have Alzheimer's. I have part-timer's. "

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

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

" A good song is a good song. "

" I've been singing and playing the guitar ever since I can remember. "

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

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" I just tell you, the Lord's been good to me. Even if I was a rounder, He's been really, really nice to 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. "

" I worked my butt off. "

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

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" I've been every way there is to be. "

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" Actually, I believe in the institution of marriage. "

" God saved me. "

" 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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" 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.' "

" Life is too short not to enjoy it. "

Life Is Too Short

" I've always been forgetful. "

" We didn't have electricity when I was a kid. We had to watch TV by candlelight. No, that's a silly joke. "

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

" When I did 'Wichita Lineman,' it was as good as I could do it, so I keep doing it that way. It's such a haunting song. "