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I used to be just a total jazz freak. People used to say, 'Where's the melody? Is there a melody in there anywhere?' Now I let the music follow the song.

~Glen Campbell

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They could never put me in a slot. They couldn't say Glen was 'country,' 'pop' or 'rock.' I'm crock, OK? A cross between country and rock. Call me crock.

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Picking a guitar was a lot easier than picking cotton.

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If we grew it, we ate it. If Daddy shot it, Mamma cooked it.

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'True Grit' was fun to do, but I wasn't cut out to be an actor. I made John Wayne look so good, he won his only Oscar.

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I learned it was crucial to play right on the edge of the beat... It makes you drive the song more. You're ahead of the beat, but you're not.

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I'd have to pick cotton for a year to make what I'd make in a week in L.A.

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Elvis was a great singer. He really was.

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With the TV shows, you get eight zillion people watching you. I was really surprised at the way everything went. I knew television was powerful, but that was just... wow.

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Roger Miller opened a lot of people's eyes to the possibilities of country music, and it's making more impact now because it's earthy material: stories and things that happen to everyday people. I call it 'people music.'

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: April 22nd, 1936

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