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“Roy Acuff was the first country music star to buy a home in a fashionable section of Nashville. The real estate man said, 'Mr. Acuff, how do you plan to take care of this?' since the house was very expensive at the time. Roy said, 'Would cash be all right?'”

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Minnie Pearl

Minnie Pearl, born Sarah Ophelia Colley, was an American comedian known for her distinctive country style and exaggerated dialect performances. She was born on October 25, 1912, and passed away on March 4, 1996. Minnie Pearl had a long and successful career in television and radio, particularly as a regular comedian on 'The Grand Ole Opry' program. more

“I just got into it like a lot of people through the rock 'n' roll bands in the late '60s that turned to country music, like The Byrds and Buffalo Springfield, but particularly through The Byrds because of Gram Parsons, Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman (with their 1968 album Sweetheart of the Rodeo). They kind of introduced English kids to Merle Haggard and George Jones and the Louvins (brothers Charlie and Ira).”

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“Love is where it's at. I'm not speaking of sexual love. I'm talking about where you love each other, want to do the best for each other and just just are happy you found each other.”

Want Found Love Is Talking Do The Best Love Each Other

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“Capricorn was one of the homes of the Southern rock movement with the Allman Brothers and Charlie Daniels and the Marshall Tucker Band. I don't think you can come from that area and not be influenced by that stuff a little bit, no matter what generation you grew up in.”

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Author:Jason Aldean

“I was just 17 years old and had to get some new friends to actually sign up for me to get electricity and utilities because I wasn't even old enough to have things like that.”

Years Enough Electricity Utility New Friends

Author:Blake Shelton

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