A biography for Glen Campbellhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm really not a songwriter, so if I hear a song, I feel it and like it, I'll do it. But I'll make it the way I want to hear it.”
“That's what we grew up with - the good songs, the good lyrics, the good big-band stuff. I miss that era.”
“I gave John Wayne the push he needed to get that Oscar.”
“I just tell you, the Lord's been good to me. Even if I was a rounder, He's been really, really nice to me.”
“I'd have to pick cotton for a year to make what I'd make in a week in L.A.”
“The very first big one I had was 'Turn Around and Look At Me.'”
“They could never put me in a slot. They couldn't say Glen was 'country,' 'pop' or 'rock.' I'm crock, OK? A cross between country and rock. Call me crock.”
“I saw my first indoor bathroom when I was 9.”
“I've laughed, and I've cried. Laughing has got it over crying.”
“I don't really classify 'Wichita Lineman' as country.”
“I guess I'm like Roger Miller who used to say that he didn't have as many jokes as he thought he did.”
“Elvis was a great singer. He really was.”
“I realize you are going to make mistakes through life. Just don't make any bad ones, you know. Like all of my records are perfect records, but I did make mistakes on them.”
“Ah, the Wrecking Crew! They played on everything that came out of L.A. Oh, that was a good band. You really enjoyed going to work. You played for everyone; it didn't matter what it was.”
“We moved to Los Angeles because our daughter wanted to go to Pepperdine.”
“I like to start the day early, it keeps me out of trouble.”
“We didn't have electricity when I was a kid. We had to watch TV by candlelight. No, that's a silly joke.”
“I worked my butt off.”
“A good song is a good song.”
“I can read a chord chart, but I couldn't read a note chart.”