I Know It Sounds Strange - A

Music To Me Is Just Like Breathing. I Have To Have It. It's Part Of Me.

The Words To Country Songs Are Very Earthy Like The Blues. They're Not As Dressed Up And The People Are Very Honest And Say, 'look, I Miss You Darlin', So I Went Out And Got Drunk In This Bar.' That's The Way You Say It. Where In Tin Pan Alley They Would Say, 'oh I Missed You Darling, So I Went To This Restaurant And I Sat Down And Had A Dinner For One.' That's Cleaned Up Now, You See? But Country And Blues Tells It Like It Is.

I Got A Cow That Went Dry And A Hen That Won't Lay, A Big Stack Of Bills That Gets Bigger Each Day.

I Never Considered Myself Part Of Rock 'n' Roll. My Stuff Was More Adult. It Was More Difficult For Teenagers To Relate To; My Stuff Was Filled With More Despair Than Anything You'd Associate With Rock 'n' Roll. Since I Couldn't See People Dancing, I Didn't Write Jitterbugs Or Twists. I Wrote Rhythms That Moved Me. My Style Requires Pure Heart Singing.

Now Listen You Know I Work So Hard, All Day Long Everything I Try To Do, Seem To Always Turn Out Wrong That's Why I Wanna Stop By On My Way Home And Say Let's Go Get Stoned