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My Music Is So Mine, It's Hard To Turn It Over To Someone Else. I Have To Be Really Involved In The Production. It's Like Someone Else Taking Care Of Your Kids - If They Don't Treat Them Well, You're Going To Be Pissed Off. I'm Actually Co-producing [backwoods] With My Guitar Player Of 20 Years, Kent Wells. We Make A Good Combination... I Think We're Going To Have A Real Good Record.

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My Music Is So Mine, It's Hard To Turn It Over To Someone Else. I Have To Be Really Involved In The Production. It's Like Someone Else Taking Care Of Your Kids - If They Don't Treat Them Well, You're Going To Be Pissed Off. I'm Actually Co-producing [backwoods] With My Guitar Player Of 20 Years, Kent Wells. We Make A Good Combination... I Think We're Going To Have A Real Good Record.

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Anyone Who Knows Or Cares Anything About Real Country Music Will Agree That George Jones Is The Voice Of It.

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I May Look Fake But I'm Real Where It Counts.

Speaking Of The Devil, Well Here He Comes Now. Got My Defenses Down. And I'd Go Through Hell To Make Him Mine.

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Low Self Esteem

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We Could Afford The Price Of Peace. Love Is All It Costs.

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I Would Never Stoop So Low As To Be Fashionable.

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Saying Bad Things

Sometimes I Start With A Great Title Or Idea, Sometimes A Great Melody Will Run Through My Mind; But The Higher Percentage Of The Time, The Words And Music Pretty Much Come At The Same Time.

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