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John Prine is an American country/folk singer-songwriter. He has been active as a composer, recording artist, and live performer since the early 1970s. Born and raised in Maywood, Illinois, Prine learned to play the guitar at the age of 14.

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I did three club tours before I started playing concert halls, and the clubs were half full the first time around.

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I just tried to come up with some honest songs. What I was writing about was real plain stuff that I wasn't sure was going to be interesting to other people. But I guess it was.

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I sound like that old guy down the street that doesn't chase you out of his apple tree.

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I think I've finally, after 72 years, gotten used to my voice, and it sounds like a friend now instead of an enemy.

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I thought I was grounded. I thought from my kinda blue-collar outlook on life that I would call myself a grounded person. I was not. I was like a balloon flying around in the air. And as soon as our first child was born, boom - my feet came right down to the ground.

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I used to read a lot of Steinbeck, and I admired Roger Miller and Bob Dylan.

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I'm fascinated by America...it's so odd.

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If I can make myself laugh about something that I should be crying about, that's pretty good.

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My sense of humor has saved me more than a couple of times in my life.

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Sometimes a steering wheel is better than a guitar

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When I was a boy, my family used to watch a lot of Laurel and Hardy.

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When I'm writing a lyric, things can only get so serious before they start becoming humorous.

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Yeah, early '71 is when I got my record contract. I had a record come out by August of '71. Things happened really fast.

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Well, maybe it's past Caroline Branch bedtime, but tell Caroline Branch I said happy birthday.

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I didn't expect to do this for a living, being a recording artist, i was just playing music for the fun of it and writing songs. That was kind of my escape, you know, from the humdrum of the world.

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Found on CNN 4 years ago

At least they left with a voice to sing. I think it improved my voice, if anything. I always had a hard time listening to my singing before my surgery, it dropped down lower and feels friendlier to me.

– John Prine

Found on CNN 4 years ago

I didn't expect to do this for a living, being a recording artist.

– John Prine

Found on CNN 4 years ago

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