David Allan Quotes

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

David Allan Coe

#2. Everybody started saying, well, this cat's not as dumb as people think he is.

David Allan Coe

#3. Freedom cannot be given ... It can only be taken away.

David Allan Coe

#4. Allan sighed, lying down in the grass. "Fine. I'm too pretty for all this serious business."
"I can make you a little uglier, if you wish," David said.
Allan lifted his head. "So you agree -- I'm pretty." he said smiling.

A.C. Gaughen

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

David Allan Coe

#6. It's better to be hurt by the truth than to gain satisfaction from the lies.

David Allan

#7. Without aggression, it becomes possible to think well, to be curious about differences, and to enjoy each other's company.

Margaret J. Wheatley

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

David Allan Coe

#9. 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

#10. I want to become a person that shines when dancing.

Minzy

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

David Allan Coe

#12. Come let's go inside. I'm sure you and your men are hungry."
"Yes," Allan said, grinning.
"Shameless," I heard David grunt.
"There is no glory in shame," Allan said back.

A.C. Gaughen

#13. I find it valuable to watch what I do. I like to know when I'm making a choice if it actually works or not.

Jeffrey Pierce

#14. While I don't script and I don't use other performers, I think my taste for underlying precision gives me something in common with Allan and George Brecht.

David Antin

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

David Allan Coe

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

David Allan Coe

#17. Teach my children to love! They'll learn to hate on their own.

David Allan Coe

#18. I grew up in Boca Raton, Florida - the worst place on earth.

Eric Andre

#19. Q: How many psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb? A: Only one, but the light bulb has to WANT to change.

David John Allan

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

David Allan Coe

#21. I think that sometimes the most intelligent things that prosecutors do is when they exercise their discretion not to go forward with a case.

Rudy Giuliani

#22. 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

#23. 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

#24. 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

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

David Allan Coe

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

David Allan Coe