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20 May 2025 Lex Fridman Podcast #469 – Oliver Anthony: Country Music, Blue-Collar America, Fame, Money, and Pain
“I think that’s what I liked about John Denver was he was a little bit … He let himself be a little bit corny in the spirit of having fun with it.”
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- 20 May 2025
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…You know what’s a fun song that I love, I shouldn’t, but I love is … What is it? Thank God I’m A Country Boy. I think that’s what I liked about John Denver was he was a little bit … He let himself be a little bit corny in the spirit of having fun with it. Like, a great example, there’s this older guy that not a lot of people have heard of him named Roy Clark, but my farm’s a mile down the road from Roy Clark’s old farm, but he used to be on Hee Haw. I don’t know if you’ve ever heard of that old show from the ’60s, or whatever, but a crazy dude. He could pick any instrument up. Like, there’s videos on YouTube of him, but he would just sit there and just pick anything up, and just rip it to death. But he would always just be real silly about it. He never took himself too seriously. Some people go to the fun place, some people go to the dark place.…
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