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> [ \[My grandfather -a miner\] had black lung, and he didn't talk about it much. It's almost like a combat veteran. But he witnessed some horrific things. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-yoakam/my-grandfather-a-miner-had-black-lung-and-he-didn-t-talk-about-it/)

[Dwight Yoakam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-yoakam/)

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## More by Dwight Yoakam

> [Another lesson about a naive fool who came to Babylon, and found out that the pie don't taste so sweet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-yoakam/another-lesson-about-a-naive-fool-who-came-to-babylon-and-found-out/)

[Dwight Yoakam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-yoakam/)

> [At the end of the film Val suggests there may be a way to rejoin the living, when he says, 'Let's see if we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-yoakam/at-the-end-of-the-film-val-suggests-there-may-be-a-way-to-rejoin-the/)

[Dwight Yoakam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-yoakam/)

> [I live out of cans a lot. But I try to indulge only in healthy canned food.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-yoakam/i-live-out-of-cans-a-lot-but-i-try-to-indulge-only-in-healthy-canned/)

[Dwight Yoakam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-yoakam/)

> [In retrospect I wrote things about my life and my family's existence, I realized that it was a frighteningly harsh way to make a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-yoakam/in-retrospect-i-wrote-things-about-my-life-and-my-family-s-existence/)

[Dwight Yoakam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-yoakam/)

> [I've always been just kind of consumed by my own thoughts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-yoakam/i-ve-always-been-just-kind-of-consumed-by-my-own-thoughts/)

[Dwight Yoakam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-yoakam/)

> [I hope that books don't go the way of albums and CD, large format albums, and physical product.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-yoakam/i-hope-that-books-don-t-go-the-way-of-albums-and-cd-large-format/)

[Dwight Yoakam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-yoakam/)

> [Country music originates with the colloquial, rural aspects of white America. It's really, truly, rural white America's blues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-yoakam/country-music-originates-with-the-colloquial-rural-aspects-of-white/)

[Dwight Yoakam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-yoakam/)

> [ Those songs \[from church\], I think, shaped to some degree how I would evolve as a writer, pentameter of songs, the melodies of those… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-yoakam/those-songs-from-church-i-think-shaped-to-some-degree-how-i-would/)

[Dwight Yoakam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-yoakam/)

> [They both sang. My grandmother had a very haunted mountain voice and would sing hymns. My grandpa would sing but in a very, very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-yoakam/they-both-sang-my-grandmother-had-a-very-haunted-mountain-voice-and/)

[Dwight Yoakam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-yoakam/)

> [The future has a lot to do with the past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-yoakam/the-future-has-a-lot-to-do-with-the-past/)

[Dwight Yoakam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-yoakam/)

> [I heard more of the stories from my mother and my granny and my aunts that would describe what they had known that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-yoakam/i-heard-more-of-the-stories-from-my-mother-and-my-granny-and-my-aunts/)

[Dwight Yoakam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-yoakam/)

> [ \[My grandfather\] was very, very fortunate that he was never trapped in a mining cave-in. But he lost his brother in a mining disaster… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-yoakam/my-grandfather-was-very-very-fortunate-that-he-was-never-trapped-in-a/)

[Dwight Yoakam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-yoakam/)

> [I think actors are at the mercy of the opportunities presented to them. So you kind of have to wait for them to choose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-yoakam/i-think-actors-are-at-the-mercy-of-the-opportunities-presented-to/)

[Dwight Yoakam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-yoakam/)

> [As an artist, you have to maintain focus and eliminate the distraction of second-guessing yourself based on the opinions of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-yoakam/as-an-artist-you-have-to-maintain-focus-and-eliminate-the-distraction/)

[Dwight Yoakam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-yoakam/)

> [ \[My grandfather -a miner\] had black lung, and he didn't talk about it much. It's almost like a combat veteran. But he witnessed some… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-yoakam/my-grandfather-a-miner-had-black-lung-and-he-didn-t-talk-about-it/)

[Dwight Yoakam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-yoakam/)

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