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• You’ll probably get three horses and you have to draw a good buckin’ horse. That’s mighty tough.

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• You hope your buddies will win so you don’t have to loan them any money.

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• You get to where you kind of like it, and It’s a habit That’s hard to break. I still find myself sittin’ in a cafe, like a pizza parlor.

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• Why not just do something a little more on the gentle side?

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• Tires were so bald on the truck that the air was showin’ through, and I had to drive fifty miles an hour all the way out there, because the vibration was so bad.

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• This record is probably as easy as anything I’ve ever done.

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• They were so good that you just had to sing the song to them once and they got it. It’s amazing. Sometimes it didn’t come out the way you wanted, but it was good.

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• The breeding programs for the bulls have improved significantly. The bulls are at a much higher caliber.

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• Some guys work 125 to 130 rodeos a year. They’re just goin’ all the time.

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• So it’s probably eighty percent luck and twenty percent skill.

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• My partner and I won the race, and I threw my hat into the air and bent to pick it up. Everyone started laughin’ because I had split the back end of my pants out, and I wasn’t wearing shorts.

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• My best year I made $25,000. Of course, that was back in the ’70s.

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• Mostly it would be those who rode in a particular even would hang out with those who rode in the same event.

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• In fact my son subscribes to Pro Bull Rider magazine.

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• If you’re lucky enough to draw a good horse, you still have to ride him, then the next ones.

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• I’ve had this song in a drawer for a long time, maybe seven or eight years. Every time I’d do an album, I’d take it out and listen to it, and always liked what it had to say. Plus when Garth came in and sang on it, that made it really special.

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• I don’t know what makes a guy want to write songs and sing, but if you’ve got a message, you want to get it across. When I come up with an idea about the way I feel, I can really state it strongly in a song.

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• I can remember sittin’ in a cafe when I first started in rodeo, and waitin’ until somebody got done so I could finish what they left.

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• I admire bull riders for their passion and the uniqueness each one of them has.

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• Anything to do with the land, I love.

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Chris LeDoux (26)

Birth:	2nd October, 1948
Death:	9th March, 2005
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Lyricist, Sculptor, Singer

About

Chris LeDoux was born in Biloxi, Mississippi. He was an American country music singer-songwriter and bronze sculptor. During his career LeDoux recorded 36 albums which have sold more than six million units in the United States as of January 2007. He was awarded one gold album certification from the RIAA, and was nominated for a Grammy Award and the Academy of Country Music Music Pioneer Award. He earned a rodeo scholarship to Casper College in Casper. During his junior year at Eastern New Mexico University, LeDoux won the Intercollegiate National bareback riding Championship.

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