John Rich

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1,309 appearances 5 recordings 4 series first heard Jul 2022 last heard 6 Jul

John Rich’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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I had set like, I want to be songwriter of the year, for instance, in Nashville.

That's something I, that's like the coveted award because there's thousands of songwriters in Nashville.

And I was songwriter of the year for three years in a row.

Wanted to sell millions of records.

Well, all told, you know, we sold close to 15 million records.

wanted to write hit songs for other people too.

And I've had, I don't know how many, I don't even know the number of how many top 10 songs I've written.

It's a lot.

At the time, yeah.

Because, you know, that's my American dream.

That's what I wanted to do.

You know, I didn't go to college.

I had a four-year ride to a school called Belmont University in Nashville on a vocal scholarship.

And my plan was to go there and go to college.

And I'm in Nashville and I'll try to get a record deal, you know, and go to college.

If I don't get a record deal, well, I went to college and I got a degree.

Maybe I go do something.

I don't know.

But instead of going to college, I went out on the road with some guys I literally barely knew from Texas who were older than me.

I was 18 going on 19.

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