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“Rock 'n' roll entertained my head but there was something about country music that touched my heart.”

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Today the most outlaw thing you can possibly do in Nashville, Tennessee, is play country music.

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To me, all music that is made under the umbrella of the United States of America is Americana music.

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I'm always on the prowl for the kinds of recordings that can inspire and potentially make a difference.

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I saw footage of Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley just hanging out together in Memphis when they were young guys getting started at Sun,…

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There's every other guitar player and then there's Chet. He transcended musical boundaries for more than fifty years. God only lays Chet Atkins on…

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I wish I could have been in the control room at Capitol Studio A listening to the playback of 'Wichita Lineman' the first time…

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Well, I've always said that country music has always shared a very unique relationship with gospel music - the hooting and hollering, you know,…

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Where better than the church for people like me, George Jones and Johnny Cash to go to get ourselves in shape enough to sing…

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There are two kinds of people, there's those who like Johnny Cash, and those that will.

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I don't have many regrets in my life. But I have one. I would have stayed sober all along.

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Nobody in my school knew who Bill Monroe was, or Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, and barely Johnny Cash. Nobody spoke that language. I…

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I can't remember when I didn't have an instrument around.

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That's what this country is. It's made up of immigrants.

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You, of Canada, are building a magnificent record of achievement. My country rejoices in it.

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