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Charlie Daniels is a renowned American musician, born on October 28, 1936. He is known for his unique country music style and energetic live performances. Daniels' musical career spans a variety of genres including country, rock, bluegrass, and gospel. His hit song 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia' has become a classic in country music history.

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“The Devil went down to Georgia, he was lookin' for a soul to steal. He was in a bind, 'cos he was way behind; he was willing to make a deal.”

Soul Devil Georgia Deal Steal Bind

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“Little Jimmy Dickens has long been a musical hero of mine and one of the finest entertainers to ever step on any stage. I was deeply honored to call him a friend and will always remember the time I got to spend with him. The music world has lost one of our greatest treasures. Rest in peace, my little friend. You were loved by so many of us!”

World Littles Long Remember Lost Steps Stage Mines Hero Musical Treasure Finest Honored Entertainers Jimmy Dickens Rest In Peace Lost Ones Greatest Treasure

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“What this world needs is a few more Rednecks.”

World Needs This World Redneck

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“Make sure to be honest with yourself, about if that's really what you want to do with your life - to make music. It takes a commitment - a tremendous, thick-skinned commitment of being the first one to get there and the last one to leave, doing what you want to do even if you have to work twice as hard as anybody else ever did.”

Ifs Want Firsts Hard Lasts Honest Commitment What You Want Being Honest Thick Honest With Yourself Be Honest With Yourself Doing What You Want

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“You'd better watch where you go, and remember where you've been”

Remember Watches

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“I just feel such freedom to do whatever. If a song's seven minutes or ten minutes long, then so be it - it's that long.”

Ifs Feels Long Song Minutes Ten Seven

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“If I come across an issue, or something I feel strongly about, and I happen to think of a song that would go in that direction, then I do it. But that's not what I start out, necessarily, to do. Sometimes I may have an idea for a song - "Well, I'm going to write about a thing.”

Ifs Thinking Feels Writing Wells May Ideas Sometimes Happens Song Issues

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“I ain't askin' nobody for nuttin' if I cain't get it on my own.”

Ifs My Own Cain

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“I wouldn't trade places with anybody in the world. I love what I do.”

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“I love being Charlie Daniels for good, bad, or indifferent.”

Love Is Indifferent Charlie

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“I don't know where the time went. I sure have enjoyed it.”

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“You marry somebody you love, that you feel like you want to spend the rest of your life with, that you're excited to wake up with every morning if you enjoy spending the day with. Right now... my wife is my best friend, by far my best friend.”

Ifs Want Feels Enjoy Morning Wife Like You Right Now Wake Up Excited My Wife Spending Every Morning My Best Friend Rest Of Your Life

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“I'm not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ.”

Jesus Christ Jesus Christ Ashamed

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“If I can't take Jesus Christ with me, I don't want to go.”

Ifs Want I Can Jesus Christ Jesus Christ

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“I don't want to go anywhere where Jesus can't go.”

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“I don't want to be without God's blessings. If it's inconvenient, then it's just inconvenient. If somebody don't like it, then somebody just don't like it. That is part of me. That's who I am.”

Ifs Want Blessing Who I Am Inconvenient Without God

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“I couldn't care less about politically correct.”

Care Politically Correct

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“People say, "Well, we're all just going to die and go to heaven anyway, or Jesus is going to come back" or something. I don't feel like God wants us just to lay down and die just because that's going to happen. I think we should keep trying.”

People Thinking Want Feels Should Trying Wells Happens Dies Jesus Heaven Down And Lays Want U Keep Trying

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“I think we should keep voting, I think we should keep supporting things that we believe in. I don't think we ought to just quit.”

Thinking Should Believe Ought Quitting Voting

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“It's quite a traumatic thing for a lot of our veterans that come back... You're in a war zone, you're dodging IED's and bullets one day and a couple days later you're back in society again with a bunch of people that have no idea of what you've been through.”

People Ideas War Couple One Day Bunch No Idea Zone Bullets Veteran Our Veterans War Zones

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“I've been to Iraq three times. I've been to Afghanistan, I've been quite a few places, and I want to tell you something, these kids, they're the best we've got. They're the best Americans, they're the most loyal Americans we've got. And we owe them when they come back.”

Want Kids Three Iraq Afghanistan Loyal Three Times Best American

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“The word 'retirement' is not in my vocabulary right now.”

Right Now Retirement Vocabulary

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“I just can't imagine not having something to do.”

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“I can't imagine not having a reason to get out of bed at night.”

I Can Reason Night Imagine Bed

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“I have people talking about, "Boy, I hate to go to work." I love to go to work!”

People Hate Talking Boys I Hate People Talking

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“I can't wait to get off the bus and... go on stage and entertain people. That's my thing, that's what I love. I love doing it... I thank God I can make a living doing it.”

People I Can Waiting Stage Goes On Bus Thank God

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“My wife is my best friend, by far my best friend.”

Wife My Wife My Best Friend

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“I'm not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ... if I can't take him with me, I don't want to go.”

Ifs Want I Can Jesus Christ Jesus Christ Ashamed

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“I don't want to be without God's blessings.”

Want Blessing Without God

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“Marry somebody you love. That's the whole thing. And continue to love them.”

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“So say it loud and let it ring We are all a part of everything The future, present and the past Fly on proud bird You're free at last”

Lasts Past Death Dying Proud Bird Rings Loud Love And Death

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“I do more writing by myself than with anybody else. My best thing is sitting...around somewhere with a guitar, and having an idea. You never know where it'd come from. Songwriting is a God-given talent.”

Knows Writing Ideas Given Music Talent Sitting Guitar Best Things Songwriting Sitting Around God Given Talents

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“The news is not about news anymore. It's about protecting some people, destroying others and shoving a socialist agenda down the collective throats of America.”

People America Evil News Collectives Agendas Throat Destroying Socialist

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“Just take them rascals [rapists, killers, child abusers] out in the swamp / Put 'em on their knees and tie 'em to a stump / Let the rattlers and the bugs and the alligators do the rest.”

Children Knees Ties Ems Killers Child Abuse Bugs Swamps Abusers Alligators Rascals Stumps

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“There's a lathered sorrel stallion running through the Joshua trees and a young man in the saddle with his coat tails in the breeze. He's got a six gun on his right hip and a rifle at his knees and he's dealing in a game that he can't win.”

Men Running Young Games Winning Tree Six Gun Hips Knees Young Man Tails Coats Breeze Rifles Can't Win Saddles Stallions

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“I love my country. I love my guns. I love my family. I love the way it is now, and anybody that tries to change it has to come through me. That should be all of our attitudes. Cause this is America, and a country boy is good enough for me, son.”

Way Should Trying Country Enough America Causes Attitude Boys Son Gun My Family Good Enough Love My Family I Love My Family Country Boy

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“The United States of America took a giant step toward a totalitarian socialist government when the Supreme Court voted to uphold Obamacare, allowing the individual mandate for the government to force American citizens to buy health insurance whether they want to or not.”

“I just thank God I can make a living doing something I enjoy as much as I do playing music.”

I Can Enjoy Thank God Playing Music

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“As in the case of California, the wolf is at the door of America and the present administration acts as if it's a pussycat. America cannot maintain the present entitlement programs and support a government this size and keep on living on a credit card.”

Ifs Government America Cases Support Doors Program Size Credit Cards Administration California Entitlement Living On Credit Card Entitlement Programs

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“We didn't have a garage to rehearse in. We had to aggravate the folks in the house. But I got a chance to play in a beer joint, and that's how it started.”

Play House Chance Folks Beer Joints Aggravation Garage

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“We can get rid of red tape.”

Red Tape Red Lips Red Tape

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“He may look dumb, but that's just a disguise.”

Looks May Friendship Dumb Disguise

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“A friend of mine, that I had known for some time, came up one day with an old guitar. I don't know where he got it, I don't know how long he'd had it, but he knew about two chords on it. He proceeded to teach them to me, and then we proceeded to go crazy over music.”

Knows Long Two Known Teach Know How Crazy Mines One Day Guitar Chords

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“I had been on the road for a long time and was not really getting anywhere. Bob Johnston, a friend of mine, had taken over Columbia in Nashville. He asked me if I wanted to come down. I did - thank God I did.”

Ifs Long Wanted Taken Mines Long Time Thank God Bob Nashville Columbia

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“My next project will be a Christian album, another one. I wrote the songs for the ones you're referring to, but I want to do some of my old gospel favorites. That's what my next album's going to be.”

Want Christian Song Next Projects Albums Referring

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“Well, I just can't play the game anymore. I'm 63 years old, and I've been in the business for 40 years now. I take good advice and direction really well, but I don't need somebody that finished college two years ago to come in and tell me what I should be recording.”

Needs Should Years Wells Two Play Games Advice College Years Ago Finished Two Years Good Advice Two Years Ago

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Born: October 28, 1936
Known for: Musician
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