Johnny Paycheck

I know what it's like to be a loser.

— Johnny Paycheck

I'm not much of a talker.

— Johnny Paycheck

I'm basically a pretty level-headed guy.

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I've got one speed. Wide open.

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Streets is what make you tough, hard.

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You can't hide in national prominence.

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Johnny Paycheck is no different than anybody.

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I do have a temper... me and millions of others.

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I worked all my life to get to the penthouse and there ain't nothin' there.

— Johnny Paycheck

When you live a good, clean life things really pay off for you.

— Johnny Paycheck

I hope it doesn't come to the place where people come to see an outlaw instead of a singer.

— Johnny Paycheck

I was dangerous mean from the time I was about 16 until I was 30.

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It's hard to explain how you feel after 27 years, when you finally hit big.

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You know, being impatient is the worst lick for somebody young, especially in this business.

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Treat me right, and I will give you my all. Treat me wrong, and I will give you nothing.

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I served two years in a federal penetentiary when I was 19.

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Any musician will tell you they have played for free just because they wanted an audience and a chance to play.

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Well, I'd like to be remembered by all my work, instead of one song. But a lot of times you get tagged…

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I tended not to give a damn about anything in life because I didn't think life gave a damn about me.

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Most people are dissatisfied with their bag, they work hard to get a damn raise. Inflation eats it up. They're locked into…

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When people don't understand something, they condemn it. That's what's happened to me. They've condemned me without taking time to understand me.

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I've never held a real job in my life. I've always just looked for a place to stay. And if I didn't…

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I think my best times were in the seventies, when I made the comeback. Then there was '76, when 'Shove It' came…

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I think some of my greatest creative stuff was in the 1960s, but I think the most commercial stuff, things that made…

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I've been lucky to have a good reputation with writers. My strongest suit is that of an interpreter, so it's important for…

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Women have asked for equal rights, and I think having equal rights means sharing all the responsibilities of our country. Now, I'm…

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I started bumming around when I was a teen.

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Seems like I've always been my own worst enemy.

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I've been up and down like a window blind.

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I'm sort of a hard-nose at times.

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I'm a Gemini, an adventurer.

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I guess I'm pretty hard headed and stubborn.

— Johnny Paycheck

I sing as hard for 10 as I do for 10,000.

— Johnny Paycheck

Epic was the first company to really believe in me, to work to help me.

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My dad taught me that if you're gonna be ashamed of something, then don't do it.

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I'm a man who believes that right is right and wrong is wrong.

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I enjoy making good music and I enjoy people reacting to it.

— Johnny Paycheck

I like Joe Diffie, Alan Jackson and Travis Tritt, who I think sounds a bit like me.

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Yeah, I like acting. I'd like to do more of it. I want to do it all.

— Johnny Paycheck

I learned a lot about the educational system, and what not having it does to you.

— Johnny Paycheck