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drive-in movies. The first one was Old Yeller;
the second one was The Life Story of Hank
Williams. That was the second movie that I
ever saw — and God help us. But, anyway,
that's just the life that we grew up in at that
time.
Now, again, you say, “What is the problem
with country music?” Well, the biggest problem
is you can hear and understand the words. You
don't need any backward masking and you
don't need a philosopher to sit down and try to
figure out what the words mean. I mean,
they're still trying to figure out what "Stairway
to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin means. People are
still trying to figure that thing out. But some of
the country music is very easy to figure out,
very plain and very simple, and I'll read some
words to you in just a moment. The problem
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