I love symphonies. I love string sections.
— Glen Campbell
I don't really classify 'Wichita Lineman' as country.
When we cut 'Strangers In The Night,' we did the whole song in two takes.
I needed a capo - a clamp to hold down the strings - so my daddy made me one out of a corn on the cob and a rubber band.
Our dad taught us not to be a loafer and a slough-off, that you don't blame somebody else for your misfortunes.
I go to a great church.
I was very candid in my book because I want people to know the truth... and that people can change for the better.
We moved to Los Angeles because our daughter wanted to go to Pepperdine.
I gave John Wayne the push he needed to get that Oscar.
I got to play with the big guys, the Wrecking Crew. They just blew me away. I learned a lot of stuff from those guys.
We lived on the farm, and our mode of transportation was wagon and team. No electricity. I'm the seventh son of 12 kids - eight boys and four girls. Mom and Dad handled that very well. But I wanted to get out.
Some things I don't want to remember.
I've often asked myself, how much information can the brain actually hold? There'll probably come a day when you're able to download it; that's what you have to do when the machine's full.
I spent some time in Hell.
God saved me.
Daddy - I remember when he first let me drive the cultivator for him, you know... He eased you into the hard work that you had to do later.
A good song is a good song.
When I did 'Wichita Lineman,' it was as good as I could do it, so I keep doing it that way. It's such a haunting song.
There's a longing in country music that can soften even the rockiest heart.
I played on a lot of Sinatra sessions. He was simply awesome. He liked to laugh, and he could be one of the boys when he wanted. But he was also a very serious performer.
There's no pillow as soft as a clear conscience.
It's easier being with somebody who's got some sense.
I'm an avid golfer.
I was out of control... I was a mess, but God has forgiven me.
I still love making music. And I still love performing for my fans. I'd like to thank them for sticking with me through thick and thin.
I've laughed, and I've cried. Laughing has got it over crying.
I like to play golf. You know, make a little money, lose a little money. Get 10 bucks, lose 20 bucks.
I listened to a battery radio, old country and pop stuff. Because I was singing all the time, my dad bought me a $7.50 guitar.
I worked my butt off.
You don't play around with a good song. You try to just say it right in the proper place, and if you get the music and voice in tune, you'll be all right. That's always worked for me.
If I get a song - a good song - I just sing it the way I hear it in my head. If anybody else wanted to add whistles and bells and chains rattling, that's fine. Just not too much. I actually just do things as straight ahead as possible.
Ah, the Wrecking Crew! They played on everything that came out of L.A. Oh, that was a good band. You really enjoyed going to work. You played for everyone; it didn't matter what it was.
TV is just an incredible media.
Some people have said that I can 'hear' a hit song, meaning that I can tell the first time a song is played for me if it has potential. I have been able to hear some of the hits that way, but I can also 'feel' one.
Honesty I can take. Lies I get upset about.
Great stories start with great opening lines. 'I'm a lineman for the county' - what a great way to start a song.
All I ever wanted to do was play the guitar; singing was a sideline.
God's law is God's law, period. Teach your children that.
Actually, I believe in the institution of marriage.
I've been through a lot of changes.
I just wanted to do a music show, with the whole realm of music from Ella Fitzgerald to rock bands like Cream to Kenny Rogers. We had a lot of country, but we did every kind of music. The Monkees were on, and so was Johnny Cash.
Life is too short not to enjoy it.
The more you play music, the better you'll get.
I have been very blessed with some great songs.
I'll tell you, my dad played and sang, and it didn't take me long to figure out that playing a guitar was a whole lot better than getting ahold of a hoe handle or chopping cotton, man.
God only knows just how much I'm going to do, or not going to do.
I like 'me'/'I' songs.
I'm really not a songwriter, so if I hear a song, I feel it and like it, I'll do it. But I'll make it the way I want to hear it.
I don't have Alzheimer's. I have part-timer's.
We didn't have electricity when I was a kid. We had to watch TV by candlelight. No, that's a silly joke.
