Tell your Mama Tell your Pa Gonna send you back…

Tell your Mama
Tell your Pa
Gonna send you back to Arkansas

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“What’d I Say” (1957)

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My music had roots which I’d dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil. - View Quote Details on My music had roots which I’d dug up from my…
What is a soul? It’s like electricity — we don’t really know what it is, but it’s a force that can light a room. - View Quote Details on What is a soul? It’s like electricity — we don’t…
I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me, like food or water. - View Quote Details on I was born with music inside me. Music was one…
Do it right or don’t do it at all. That comes from my mom. If there’s something I want to do, I’m one of those people that won’t be satisfied until I get it done. If I’m trying to sing something and I can’t get it, I’m going to keep at it until I get where I want it. - View Quote Details on Do it right or don’t do it at all. That…
I got a woman way over town,
That’s good to me, Oh yeah! - View Quote Details on I got a woman way over town,
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Other arms reach out to me
Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams I see
The road leads back to you.
Georgia, oh Georgia, no peace I find…
Just an old sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind. - View Quote Details on Other arms reach out to me
Other eyes smile tenderly…
Hit the road, Jack, and don’t you come back no more, no more, no more, no more. - View Quote Details on Hit the road, Jack, and don’t you come back no…
All people look the same to me. - View Quote Details on All people look the same to me.
The fact of the matter is, you don’t give up what’s natural. Anything I’ve fantasized about, I’ve done. - View Quote Details on The fact of the matter is, you don’t give up…
Music is nothing separate from me. It is me… You’d have to remove the music surgically. - View Quote Details on Music is nothing separate from me. It is me… You’d…