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Hal david, a great song writer, told me that you are the best singer living. >> thank you, hal. >> larry: you sell a song. and when you hear willie nelson, you know it's willie nelson. >> that's great. >> larry: is it as much fun to sing pop as country? >> sure. it's more of a challenge to do those pop classics and standards, because i grew up singing "your cheating heart" and the hank williams songs. and it's second nature to me. to do "star dust" and "moonlight in vermont" and stuff like that, you really have to be on your game a little bit. >> larry: but you still give it that same willie -...

Miner which is very appropriate for these days. so there's a lot of great music in there. >> larry: you sing everything. you have great albums of pop songs. the other night, the other day, hal david, a great songwriter, told me that you are the best singer living. >> thank you, hal. >> larry: you sell a song. and when you hear willie nelson, you know it's willie nelson. >> that's great. >> larry: is it as much fun to sing pop as country? >> sure. it's more of a challenge to do those pop classics and standards because i grew up singing "your cheating heart" and the hank williams songs. and it's...

Ocean of diamonds". >> an old earl travis song. dark as a dungeon is another travis song about the miners which, you know, is very appropriate for these days. there say lot of great music in there. >> larry: you've seen everything. you have great albums of pop songs. the other night, the other day, hal david, the great songwriter, told me that you are the best singer living. >> thank you. >> larry: you sell a song. and when you hear willie nelson, you know it is willie nelson. >> that's great. >> larry: is it as much to sing pop as country? >> sure. it is more of a challenge to do those pop cl...

It's more of a challenge to do those pop classics and standards because i grew up singing "your cheatin' heart" and the hank williams' songs and it's second nature to me. but to do "stardust" and "moonlight" and "vermont" and songs like that, you really have to be on your game a little bit. >> larry: but you still give it that same willie -- no one sings it like willie nelson. >> it still sounds country. >> larry: because you're country. >> because i am, yeah. >> larry: where do you live, if you live on a bus? >> well, i live on the bus mostly, but i also have a home in texas, and i have an ap...

>> larry: now, you sing everything. you have great albums of pop songs. >> sure. >> larry: the other night -- the other day, hal david, great songwriter, told me that you are the best singer living. >> thank you, hal. >> larry: because you sell a song, and when you hear willie nelson, you know it's willie nelson. >> that's great. >> larry: is it as much fun to sing pop as country? >> sure. it's more of a challenge to do those pop classics and standards because i grew up singing "your cheatin' heart" and the hank williams songs and it's second nature to me. but to do "stardust" and "moonlight i...