David Allan Coe Quotes & Sayings

I've written songs about things that nobody else has ever written about. — David Allan Coe

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

Marty Robbins once sang you give me a mountain, I've been given a few mountains in my life. — David Allan Coe

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

One thing is certain, You can't shake hands with a fist. — David Allan Coe

All men are created equal, it is only men themselves who place themselves above equality.
— David Allan Coe

My long hair just can't cover up my redneck. — David Allan Coe

Teach my children to love! They'll learn to hate on their own. — David Allan Coe

Freedom cannot be given ... It can only be taken away. — David Allan Coe

If there ever was a poet for the working class Billy Joe Shaver and Merle Haggard would be my nomination. — David Allan Coe

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

I took the hardest possible route that you could take, and I still overcame and succeeded. — David Allan Coe

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

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

You don't have to call me 'Mister', Mister;
The whole world called me 'Hank'! — David Allan Coe

Everybody started saying, well, this cat's not as dumb as people think he is. — David Allan Coe