“Unconditional love goes a long way.Tempted Transcribed by: Steven P. “In the middle of Mississippi, so many kinds of music came, but it was Nashville and country music that pulled my heart.”ģ0. “It’s hard for a country performer to make a living in a Beatles society.”Ģ9. A lot of people don’t know that I started out in gospel music, and I’ve never lost sight of it.”Ģ8. You wind up losing your house, your home, your reputation.”Ģ7. It’s a progressive disease when it’s not dealt with it don’t care who it takes, and it takes it all. “Well, the things that country music is parodied for sometimes-trains, drinking, sin, cheating, redemption, jailhouses, rambling, hoboing, on and on, all those things-according to The New York Times, every one of those subject matters is still relevant.”Ģ6. My subjects and my subject matter sometimes really are powerful, and so my job is to get it into focus.”Ģ5. “I have a low-tech camera with one lens that I’ve shot everything in my life on. “Well, the first band was at nine, and I was on the road when I was 12 with the Sullivan Family Gospel Singers.”Ģ4. And I believed in my heart, as a little kid, that I would be doing that someday and I would know all those people and we would be friends.”Ģ3. And all of those people that played on our television set, they just felt like family to me. “I used to watch those syndicated, black-and-white Country Music Television shows from the ’60s with my dad. “I make no apology about being a hillbilly.”Ģ2. “The black church in the South is the home of rock & roll.”Ģ1. “After something has run its course, you either become a parody and keep doing it, or tear it down and know the truth about it, warts and all.”ġ0. “The history of country music is as important as any other art form.”ĩ. There’s the Coal Miner’s Daughter, the Man in Black, the Red-Headed Stranger, and on and on.”Ĩ. “One thing that I love about country music, probably more so than any other culture-maybe the blues rivals it-there are so many American folk heroes. “When times are good, we have tunes to dance to when times are tough, we’re supposed to talk about it. “I’m always on the prowl for the kinds of recordings that can inspire and potentially make a difference.”Ħ. “Pop Staples was one of my true mentors.”ĥ. Like so many public performers, that was the first place I was ever invited to sing.”Ĥ. “Well, being from Mississippi, the church house is kind of the common denominator. “There was a junk store in Nashville on 8th Avenue, where I bought Patsy Cline’s train case for $75.”ģ. “People shouldn’t be punished for their wisdom.”Ģ.
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