John Prine Quotes

#1. Oodles of light what a beautiful sight
Both of God's eyes are shining tonight

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#2. I guess what I always found funny was the human condition. There is a certain comedy and pathos to trouble and accidents. Like, when a driver has parked his car crookedly and then wonders why he has the bad luck of being hit.

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#3. If dreams were thunder and lightning was desire this old house would have burned down a long time ago

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#4. MAKE ME AN ANGEL THAT FLIES FROM MONTGOMERY, MAKE ME A POSTER OF AN OLD RODEO JUST GIVE ME ONE THING THAT I CAN HOLD ON TO TO BELIEVE IN THIS LIVIN' IS JUST A HARD WAY TO GO ...

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#5. Writing is about a blank piece of paper and leaving out what's not supposed to be there.

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#6. How the hell can a person go to work in the morning
And come home in the evening and have nothing to say

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#7. Bewildered, bewildered, you have no complaint. You are what you are, and you ain't what you ain't.

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#8. Bowl of oatmeal tried to stare me down... and won.

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#9. Blow up your TV ... throw away your paper ... move to the country and build you a home. Plant a little garden ... eat a lot of peaches ... try and find Jesus on your own.

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#10. I always knew Gordon Lightfoot was a really great songwriter, but his stuff even sounds better and better all the time. It's just so really good to me. It's just like that's what should be in a dictionary, you know, next to a really good contempory folk song, is a Gordon Lightfoot song.

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#11. Steady losing means you ain't using what you really think is right

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#12. Jesus was a good guy, he didn't need this shit.

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#13. If heartaches was commercials, we'd all be on TV.

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#14. I guess if you keep making the same mistake long enough, it becomes your style.

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#15. And you may see me tonight with an illegal smile. It don't cost very much, but it lasts a long while. Won't you please tell the man I didn't kill anyone.
No,I'm just tryin' to have me some fun.

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#16. I'm fascinated by America ... it's so odd.

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#17. Now Jesus don't like killin'/No matter what the reason's for.

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#18. The scientific nature of the ordinary man is to go out and do the best you can.

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#19. Broken hearts and dirty windows
Make life difficult to see
That's why last night and this morning
Always look the same to me

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#20. You can fool some of the people part of the time in a rock and roll song, fifty million Elvis Presley fans can't be all wrong.

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#21. Now Jesus, he don't like killing, no matter what the reason is for, and your flag decal won't get you into heaven anymore.

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