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When you go out on stage and you greet the crowd, there's nothing like it.
Crowd Go Greet Like
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We're a young, married couple, and we go through all the ups and downs that every couple goes through; we're no different.

Couple Different Downs Every
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I was a total nerd and had, like, two friends, and then I left my school and got signed to a record deal.

Deal Friends Got Had
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My ring represents a promise to myself and to God that I'll stay pure until marriage.

God Marriage Myself Promise
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The songwriting did come naturally; it really did. Like Joe said, the first song we ever wrote together was the song that got us signed, you know, so it was either luck, fate, or something in between.

Between Come Did Either
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Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I borrow some of yours. Next month you might not have any flour; well, I'll give you some of mine.

Affluence Any Borrow Flour
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Music's been around a long time, and there's going to be music long after Ray Charles is dead. I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind. If it's a big record, that's the frosting on the cake, but music's the main meal.

After Around Been Behind
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There's nothing written in the Bible, Old or New testament, that says, 'If you believe in Me, you ain't going to have no troubles

Believe Bible Going Me
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What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do them all, like a good utility man.

Approach Blues Country Country
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Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory

Braille Damn Develop Ear
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So, I think it has to do with the product and what you take to the public. If they like it, they're going to come see you, and if they don't, and if you're kind of getting out of the trendy line of things, then they won't come see you.

Come Getting Going IThink
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I've got CDs in my car, listening all the time for that next song, because everybody's looking.

Because Car CDs Everybody
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But I like to listen to demos. I like to hear the finished product. It's like listening to a song - I mean, a story. If you're going to sit here and tell me a story, I just like to listen. I don't want to make them up.

Demos Finished FinishedProduct Going
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And the two planes that were taking the band and crew that we had taken out to San Diego were flying out after the show. And so I was never supposed to be on that plane.

After Band Crew Diego
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And so we were asleep there in San Diego. And our pilot called us. And his brother was on one of the other planes. And when he was leaving the airport, he saw in his rear view mirror that there was an explosion.

Airport Asleep Brother Diego
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Never have doubted it, even when the plane crash happened. I wasn't mad at God. I just knew that there was a reason that I didn't know about why it happened.

About Crash Doubted Even
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To me, there's two types of songs, good and bad. And I just like to stick with the good ones.

Bad Good GoodAndBad GoodOnes
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Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.

Officials Elected Good citizen
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I was singing a lot of waltzes. And I was with Jerry Kennedy, my producer, and he was playing me some songs, and he said, hey, I want to play you this song that I'm going to get Jackie Ward to record.

Get Going He Hey
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It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I improve wonderfully as time goes on.

Contradict myself Improve wonderfully
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Finding a good bus driver can be as important as finding a good musician.

Bus BusDriver Driver Finding
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Marriage is based on the theory that when a man discovers a brand of beer exactly to his taste, he should at once throw up his job and go to work inthe brewery.

Marriage Theory Man discovers Taste
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You don't waste your entire life waiting to go back to dust.
Back Dust Entire EntireLife
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And I was mischievous. I was always into something. So when I got good attention from the singing, I knew that was probably where I needed to land.

Always Attention Good Got
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A good song has to have a great melody, and the lyrics have to touch my heart. Now, if it's just a little toe-tapper, got to make me feel good somehow or another, or when I sing it I can't make you feel good.

Another Feel FeelGood Good
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I had lots of breaks. I guess the one that got my foot in the door was singing the National Anthem at the National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City in '74.

Anthem Breaks City Door
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When I got into the music business in 1976, there weren't many women on the roster. As a woman, you don't complain; you work twice as hard, and you do your job.

Business Complain Got Hard
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I treat myself pretty good. I take lots of vacations, I eat well, I take supplements, I do mercury detox, I get plenty of sleep, I drink plenty of water and I stay away from drama and stress.

Away Detox Drama Drink
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I came to realize I did believe in God. I couldn't conceive of a universe without someone overseeing it in a compassionate way.

Believe Came Compassionate Conceive
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I am very into lyrics. I start with what the words are saying, what the storyline is saying, like a good script. It should really capture me, do something for me. If I don't get it, it's not going to move people, and if it's not going to move people, it's not going to happen.
Am Capture Get Going
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You don't paddle against the current, you paddle with it. And if you get good at it, you throw away the oars.

Against Away Current Get
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If God made anything better than women, I think he kept it for himself.

Anything Better God He
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I'm a firm believer in God himself, but that's as far as I can go. I'm not any denomination. I'm not Catholic or Presbyterian or Baptist or Methodist or Jewish or Muslim. I'm none of those things. And I'm sure that's just fine with God.

Any As Far As Baptist Believer
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I've had a life of all kinds of experiences - most of them good. And I've got eight kids and a wife that puts up with everything I do and keeps me out of trouble.

Eight Everything Experiences Good
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I had a list of rules I made up one time. It says: Tell the truth, sing with passion, work with laughter, and love with heart. Those are good to start with, anyway.

Anyway Good Had Heart
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I boxed in Golden Gloves at Oxford and still know how to throw a straight left jab.

Boxed Gloves Golden How
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I don't know about other writers, but for myself, to write I must be relatively quiet - it's very difficult to write with the telephone and the doorbell ringing and conversation going on; I'm not that good a writer to write through all that!

About Conversation Difficult Going
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I never thought of acting as a creative process. Christ, I used to go to the movies and see Brando talking like he was trying to sell shoes, and he was great. I thought anybody could do it. Then I tried it, and I got so uptight, I'm limited as to what I can do on film.

Acting Anybody Brando Christ
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Any artist, when he goes in to record, should have the feeling that any song he records can be a hit. This may sound egotistical, but it makes sense.

Any Artist Egotistical Feeling
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I like being a Baha'i who has an out-there sense of humor. God gives us talents and faculties, and making people laugh is one of mine.

Being Faculties Gives God
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I've never forgotten a single record I cut or a song I wrote.
Cut Forgotten Never Record
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I wish my memory weren't so bad. They tell me it's from all the football and boxing and the concussions that I got.

Bad Boxing Football Got
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I feel like I'm kind of lazy, but I keep the yard looking good.

Feel Good I Feel I Feel Like
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I was never big or fast, but I got to play football and box.

Big Box Fast Football
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I don't think I'm that good a singer. I can't think of a song that I've written that I don't like the way somebody else sings it better.

Better Else Good Like
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I feel like an old boxer. The brain's gone, but I can still move around.

Around Boxer Brain Feel
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It's much better being an older father. You don't have to go prove to the world and to yourself that you're who you want to be, for better or worse.

Being Better Father Go
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What really makes me happy now is my home. I know that I have that to lose. But I don't see losing it. And I don't care if I never do another movie. And I don't care if I never get back on the road. I like to think that I'm gonna do that. But if I don't, I can live with that.

Another Back Care Don't Care
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When I was stationed in Germany, Johnny Cash was already a legend over there because he'd done some shows, then gone off to some bar straight afterwards and played just for the troops. So he was a real hero.

Afterwards Bar Because Cash
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You've got to find ways to breathe while you're dancing so that when it comes time for you to stop and sing again, you have it. To prepare, I do a lot of aerobic activity. Many times at the gym, people will look at me because I'll be on the treadmill humming.

Activity Aerobic Again Because
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