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My guitar was loud as hell, and I had no sympathy for anybody else.


Brownie McGhee

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BRYCE SPALDING This was hell. I wouldn't wish this upon anybody.
CARL ANDERSON I was kinda mad I had to sit out, but I was gonna cheer and talk loud as much as I could.
RYAN COLEMAN Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against.
W. C. FIELDS Puberty hit me very hard, and I basically had no use for school once I discovered the guitar.
RICK SPRINGFIELD I go out there and train as hard as anybody else.
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BROWNIE MCGHEE I only write about what I do, what happens to me.
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BROWNIE MCGHEE I got Sonny up to Harlem, and we started street playin' in New York. We did that for three or four y...
BROWNIE MCGHEE I don't sit here and dream because I don't care about the future. I wouldn't take nothin' for my pas...
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BETHANY MCGHEE You never really hear about steroids. But, you do suspect some people.
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