David Allan Coe Quotes

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

  David Allan Coe

  Equality, Men, Equal

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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.

  David Allan Coe

  Badass, Bad Ass, Foundation

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

  David Allan Coe

  Hands, Fists, Certain

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• Now I lay me down to cheat on the woman I love so, and if I die between these sheets I pray to God she'll never know.

  David Allan Coe

  Infidelity, Praying, Adultery

  Song: Now I Lay Me Down To Cheat, 1995

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

  David Allan Coe

  Hardest, Stills, Routes

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

  David Allan Coe

  Taken, Given

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

  David Allan Coe

  Children, Hate, My Children

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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.

  David Allan Coe

  Smile, Hair, Long

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• My long hair just can't cover up my redneck.

  David Allan Coe

  Redneck, Hair, Long

  Song: Long Haired Redneck, 1976

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• You don't have to call me 'Mister', Mister;
  The whole world called me 'Hank'!

  David Allan Coe

  World, Call Me, Whole

  Song: The Ride

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

  David Allan Coe

  Song, Written

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• The Beatles were just the beginning of everything music could be, just like the Stones I was Rolling along like a ship lost out on the sea.

  David Allan Coe

  Sea, Rolling Along, Stones

  Song: Willie, Waylon And Me

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

  David Allan Coe

  Class, Would Be, Nominations

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• Anybody who goes searching can find enough artistic things I've done that nobody can ever say I sold out.

  David Allan Coe

  Done, Artistic, Enough

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

  David Allan Coe

  Hiking, Giving, Mountain

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