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John Prine

American Musician

Born: Oct 10, 1946

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I always had an affinity for older people. I had a job delivering newspapers, and one place I had to go was an old people's home. Some people would introduce you to their neighbors as if you were a nephew or grandson. They didn't get many visitors, so they acted like you were coming to see them. And that stuck with me for a long time. John Prine

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I guess I just process death differently than some folks. Realizing you're not going to see that person again is always the most difficult part about it. But that feeling settles, and then you are glad you had that person in your life, and then the happiness and the sadness get all swirled up inside you. John Prine

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When I turned 40, I invited Johnny Cash to my party, even though I knew there was gonna be 200 people roasting a pig and wild as can be. He didn't come, but the next day, I got a bowl of chili he'd made and a note that said, 'John, I'd love to come to your party, but that would mean I would have to leave my house.' John Prine

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I became a recording artist before I knew it. And I just - when I would listen to my old records, I'd just hear this young, extremely nervous fella that that made me want to run out of the room, you know, rather than listen to what he had to say. John Prine

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I didn't hear anybody talking about the plight of a soldier coming back home and what he'd gone through. That was why I wrote about that stuff. If somebody else had done it, I probably wouldn't have touched the subject. John Prine

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

Writing Before Lyric Humorous Only Becoming Get Serious Things Start

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

Myself Good Laugh Pretty Pretty Good About Something Crying Make Should

Johnny Cash was like Abraham Lincoln to me. John Prine

Me Abraham Cash Abraham Lincoln Johnny Johnny Cash Like Lincoln

I think if you write from your own gut, you'll come up with something interesting, whereas if you sit around guessing what people want, you end up with the kind of same schlock that everybody else has got. John Prine

After a couple bouts with cancer and everything, black cats are nothin', you know? John Prine

You Cats Cancer Black Everything Know Couple After Nothin

I'd rather get a hot dog or a doughnut than write a song. John Prine

Song Dog Rather Write Hot Hot Dog Than Get Doughnut

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

Admired Read Lot Roger Dylan Bob Bob Dylan Used Miller

The more producers I talked to, the more I got looked at like I was crazy for wanting to make a live-sounding album. John Prine

Crazy More Like Looked Make Talked Got Wanting Producers Album

In high school, I was a poor student. John Prine

School High High School Student Poor

'Sam Stone' is a song about futility. John Prine

Song Futility About Sam Stone

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

Family Laurel Boy Lot Used Watch Hardy

I was kind of thrown into - 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. John Prine

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Never wear your necktie while you're operating a lathe. John Prine

You Wear Never Operating While Your

I've been fortunate enough to always have plenty of work, offers to go out and play shows. The hardest thing I have to do is pick out which one I want. For some reason, there's a great demand out there, whether I've got a new record out or not. John Prine

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Howie Epstein was a kind, patient, and extremely talented musician. He took two years out of his life and dedicated his undivided attention to the making of two of my records. Those records changed my life thanks to Howie. John Prine

My fans have always taken care of me. John Prine

Me Fans Care Taken Always

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