When I Was 17 - 16, My

Come On Boys, You Must Listen Unto Me, Lay Off The Whiskey And Let That Cocaine Be.

[my Father] Did Every Kind Of Work Imaginable From Painting To Shoveling To Herding Cattle. And He's Always Been Such An Inspiration To Me Because Of The Very Kinds Of Things That He Did And The Kind Of Life He Lived.

That Was American Recordings. I Said, I Like The Name, Maybe It'd Be Ok. So I Said, I'd Like To Meet The Guy [rick Rubin ].i'd Like For Him To Tell Me What He Can Do With Me That They're Not Doing Now.

My Mother Was Determined That I Was Going To Leave The Farm And Do Well In Life. And She Thought With The Gift, I Might Be Able To Do That. So She Took In Washing. She Got A Washing Machine In 1942 As Soon As We Got Electricity And She Took In Washing. She Washed The Schoolteacher's Clothes And Anybody She Could And Sent Me For Singing Lessons For $3 Per Lesson.

When I Was 17 - 16, My Father And I Cut Wood All Day Long And I Was Swinging That Crosscut Saw And Hauling Wood.