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" You don't mess with politics and religion. Leave it alone. People get upset at that sometimes. "
Glen Campbell
Religion
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People
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Success is not getting what you want, it's enjoying what you have. "
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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. "
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" 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 was very candid in my book because I want people to know the truth... and that people can change for the better. "
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" All I ever wanted to do was play the guitar; singing was a sideline. "
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" I can read a chord chart, but I couldn't read a note chart. "
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" 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. "
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" I can't be alone. "
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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. "
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" With a lot of songs, songs that don't make a good statement, I forget the words. "
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" 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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" Do everything according to God, and be nice, and treat other people the way you would like to be treated. "
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" With the first money I got, I built my parents a house back home, gave them a string of credit cards, and said 'Go.' "
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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. "
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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've often asked myself, how much information can the brain actually hold? There'll probably come a day when you're able to download it; that's what you have to do when the machine's full. "
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" I worked my butt off. "
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" I like to play golf. You know, make a little money, lose a little money. Get 10 bucks, lose 20 bucks. "
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" Life is too short not to enjoy it. "
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" If we grew it, we ate it. If Daddy shot it, Mamma cooked it. "
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" There's no pillow as soft as a clear conscience. "
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" That's what we grew up with - the good songs, the good lyrics, the good big-band stuff. I miss that era. "
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