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" I'm from so far back in the sticks that they had to pump the light in there. "

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" Do everything according to God, and be nice, and treat other people the way you would like to be treated. "

" 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. "

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