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Elvis came along when I was 10. My father gave me a bass ukulele. I taught myself how to play from a book to play some chords, so I was laying down 'Hound Dog' and things like that when I was 10 years old in 1955. That's the way I was. My ear was glued to the radio. I knew right then what I wanted to do.

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Father, Play, Some, Laying

I don't have and have never had an email address. I'm old school. But as far as downloads go, my only objection is I like the sound of CDs better, so I buy those. I think the sound quality is better.

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Sound, I Think, Buy, Old School

Every now and then you'll nail one that's really, really special. And that's what you live for.

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Special, Now, Nail, Now And Then

Even in junior high, I always knew I had a talent for music and I knew I could make money that way.

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Always, Knew, Could, Junior

My father left us when I was 10, so I had to make enough money for us to be able to live in a house because my brother went in the service during Vietnam and I was sole support of my mother. And she had no skills, really, except to clean other people's houses. So I had to have a bunch of jobs, you know, as well as music.

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Father, Other, Had, Enough Money

I once won a Grammy for an Australian version of 'Turn the Page' that another artist did; I can't remember his name. There've been covers down through the years around the world, but I did like Metallica's, because I kind of related to Metallica when they first came out, because Jimmy Hetfield really reminded me of me in 1965, you know?

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Artist, Through, Been, Metallica

I've covered so much Tom Waits. He's one of my favorite writers. I have a real affinity to how he writes.

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Real, Waits, Writers, Writes

I am trying to write stuff that is different. I am a big science fan. I read a lot of science, and 'Wonderland' has a lot of science in it. I don't know. They are hard to describe... We are living in a wonderland age of science.

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Living, Big, Read, Wonderland

I just start playing music and eventually I sing something, a line of a verse or a B section or a line of a chorus, and the line that I end up singing is related to the music I'm playing, if that makes any sense. And I go from there.

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Singing, Start, Line, Chorus

You go to LA, or you go to New York, and it's really fun to go there. But they're not grounded. Everybody is just competing all the time for the limelight. It's too much entertainment industry. There are too many choices. And it's distracting to me.

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Entertainment, Everybody, La

When I try to write I try to write something different every time. That's the challenge.

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Time, Challenge, Try, Every Time

That's a good way to live, go against the wind.

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Go, Against, Good Way, Wind

I was a runner, a failed quarterback, third-string quarterback, but in track I was a 2-miler.

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Quarterback, Failed, Track, Runner

For a long time, I thought when you do a box set, you're giving up; you're saying, 'OK, I don't have anything left.' But now I've listened to some of the old stuff I haven't heard in 20 to 40 years with fresh ears. It's like, 'Oh yeah, I can see where people might want to to hear some of this stuff that didn't make it onto the records.'

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Thought, Giving Up, Some, OK

Yeah, I'm just blessed to have this very strong thing, my vocals. I'm very healthy in that regard.

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Strong, Healthy, Very, Vocals

I really like the thing I did with Martina McBride. I had that song sitting around for a long time.

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Song, Like, Had, Sitting

I did this thing with Trisha Yearwood, a song called 'The Price.' I had been sitting on it for a while, because I figured, you know, this really needs a good singer.

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Song, Needs, Been, Sitting

Be original. That's my best advice. You're going to find that there's something that you do well, and try to do it with as much originality as you can, and don't skimp on the words. Work on the words.

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Advice, Original, Going, Be Original

When you have kids, you start thinking about their future and you forget about yours.

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Future, Start, Forget, Yours

I write a lot of songs people don't hear. I really just enjoy the process. I finish 'em all. I don't think there's a whole lot of difference between the bad ones and the good ones.

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Enjoy, Bad, I Write, Bad Ones

My band is so dedicated, everybody works very hard. The No. 1 priority is the show, and it's pretty cool because we all pull together, and it's fun. It's like being on a sports team or something.

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Everybody, Very, Dedicated, Priority

I grew up with another pretty darn good writer: Glenn Frey of the Eagles. We were very good friends, and we kind of studied it together.

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Pretty, Very, Good Writer, Good Friends

I can only get my drummer in the winter; he plays with Grand Funk all summer.

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Winter, Grand, Plays, Drummer

We've got to practice three weeks, get the kinks out, then we've got to practice three weeks with the crew, and then go out for four months. It's just a huge chunk of time out of life.

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Practice, Weeks, Months, Kinks

I had kids at age 47, and very late in life, and I'd been doing it for 30 straight years, writing songs, making a record and touring and starting the process right over.

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Over, Been, Very, Starting

Unlike a lot of people, I don't need the affirmation or anything.

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Need, Lot, Unlike, Affirmation

I had the opportunity to be around my kids a lot. I guess I could have kept working, but I had them when I was 47. You only get to see all this stuff once. I just chose to work at home and watch them.

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Around, Had, Lot, Chose

Most of the time, I'm here in Michigan and I'm taking out the garbage every Monday.

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Michigan, Here, Most, Taking

I always loved music. You know, my parents said I started singing when I was 4, in the car.

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Singing, Always, Started, Parents

I really enjoy being with the people I play with. I enjoy their company. I love the crew, the band - we just move through the country like an army. I always feel very grateful to be up there. There aren't any bad nights anymore unless I'm singing bad, but then the band will carry me. And if they're playing bad, I will carry them..

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Love, Play, Through, Nights

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