David Allan Coe Quotes

• Everybody started saying, well, this cat’s not as dumb as people think he is.

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• Freedom cannot be given… It can only be taken away.

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• Freedom cannot be given… It can only be taken away.

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• I took the hardest possible route that you could take, and I still overcame and succeeded.

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• I’ve never wanted anybody to like me because I had long hair or short hair, or that they liked the way I dressed or they liked the way I dressed or they liked the way I smile.

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• I’ve written songs about things that nobody else has ever written about.

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• If there ever was a poet for the working class Billy Joe Shaver and Merle Haggard would be my nomination.

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• Marty Robbins once sang you give me a mountain, I’ve been given a few mountains in my life.

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• One thing is certain, You can’t shake hands with a fist.

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• Teach my children to love! They’ll learn to hate on their own.

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• All men are created equal, it is only men themselves who place themselves above equality.

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• It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time.

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David Allan Coe (12)

Birth:	6th September, 1939
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Guitarist, Lyricist, Singer

About

David Allan Coe was born in Akron, Ohio. He is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. As a singer, his biggest hits were "Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile", "The Ride", "You Never Even Called Me by My Name", "She Used to Love Me a Lot", and "Longhaired Redneck". His best-known compositions are the No. 1 successes "Would You Lay With Me and "Take This Job and Shove It". Coe's first country album, The Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy, has been described as alt-country, "pre-punk" and "a hillbilly version of Marc Bolan's glitz and glitter."

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