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> [I didn't start in the music business to make money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porter-wagoner/i-didn-t-start-in-the-music-business-to-make-money/)

[Porter Wagoner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porter-wagoner/)

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## More by Porter Wagoner

> [I believe there is a different kind of beauty, the beauty of being honest, of being yourself, of singing it like you feel it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porter-wagoner/i-believe-there-is-a-different-kind-of-beauty-the-beauty-of-being/)

[Porter Wagoner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porter-wagoner/)

> [Of course, Dolly started out basically on my television show. She just learned a lot when she was on my show the first seven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porter-wagoner/of-course-dolly-started-out-basically-on-my-television-show-she-just/)

[Porter Wagoner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porter-wagoner/)

> [Everywhere I go, people tell me they still love traditional country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porter-wagoner/everywhere-i-go-people-tell-me-they-still-love-traditional-country/)

[Porter Wagoner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porter-wagoner/)

> [I didn't start in the music business to make money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porter-wagoner/i-didn-t-start-in-the-music-business-to-make-money/)

[Porter Wagoner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porter-wagoner/)

> [I never drank any in my life. Never have. Just never liked the taste of whiskey, and beer I don't care for at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porter-wagoner/i-never-drank-any-in-my-life-never-have-just-never-liked-the-taste-of/)

[Porter Wagoner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porter-wagoner/)

> [When you get involved in litigation with attorneys, man, they drag you down in the mud.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porter-wagoner/when-you-get-involved-in-litigation-with-attorneys-man-they-drag-you/)

[Porter Wagoner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porter-wagoner/)

> [Good country music is kind of like getting a straight, honest answer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porter-wagoner/good-country-music-is-kind-of-like-getting-a-straight-honest-answer/)

[Porter Wagoner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porter-wagoner/)

> [I've always been a team player, tried to make the show and the band - especially something that I was responsible for, like 'The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porter-wagoner/i-ve-always-been-a-team-player-tried-to-make-the-show-and-the-band/)

[Porter Wagoner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porter-wagoner/)

> [Don't try to be something you're not, and find some great songs because there is still an interest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porter-wagoner/don-t-try-to-be-something-you-re-not-and-find-some-great-songs/)

[Porter Wagoner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porter-wagoner/)

> [I love to write but it lays real heavy on your mind. Because I'd have to get so involved in ideas, I'd get lost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porter-wagoner/i-love-to-write-but-it-lays-real-heavy-on-your-mind-because-i-d-have/)

[Porter Wagoner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porter-wagoner/)

> [The days of an artist receiving airplay as a new act are gone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porter-wagoner/the-days-of-an-artist-receiving-airplay-as-a-new-act-are-gone/)

[Porter Wagoner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porter-wagoner/)

> [You couldn't help but like James Brown if you came to see a show because he's such a wonderful showman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porter-wagoner/you-couldn-t-help-but-like-james-brown-if-you-came-to-see-a-show/)

[Porter Wagoner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porter-wagoner/)

> [I'm just so grateful, and feel so good about the fact that God let me live through that aneurysm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porter-wagoner/i-m-just-so-grateful-and-feel-so-good-about-the-fact-that-god-let-me/)

[Porter Wagoner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porter-wagoner/)

> [You can always tell if a guy knows where his roots are and what he's doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porter-wagoner/you-can-always-tell-if-a-guy-knows-where-his-roots-are-and-what-he-s/)

[Porter Wagoner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porter-wagoner/)

> [I was just really nervous the first time I was on the Opry, because I knew the importance of it to any person getting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porter-wagoner/i-was-just-really-nervous-the-first-time-i-was-on-the-opry-because-i/)

[Porter Wagoner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porter-wagoner/)

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