Lyle Lovett Quotes
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Who keeps on loving you when you've been lying, saying things that ain't what they seem? God does, but I don't. God will, but I won't.
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Every afternoon, I was in the pasture with cattle or fishing and shooting my BB gun. That kind of freedom allows imagination to develop.
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You have to be really good to get away with smashing a guitar.
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Home is where my horse is.
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I don't know what it is about the shower that generates creative thoughts. Maybe it's the hot water. Maybe it's being unencumbered even by the restriction of clothing.
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Somehow you can tell the difference when a song is written just to get on the radio and when what someone does is their whole life. That comes through in Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Willie Nelson. There is no separating their life from their music.
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I'm not the kind of writer that can wake up and say, "Okay, I'm gonna write a song today," and have that song be the kind I would want to record. The songs of mine that I end up liking are songs that come from real experience. They're like chapter titles in my life.
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When you have a solid upbringing and a strong sense of place, that sustains you. My sense of home never leaves me.
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Look around and you will see this world is full of creeps like me.
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My music has always been sort of in-between categories. Sometimes record stores - back when there were record stores - they'd put my records in the country music section, but other record stores would put my records in the pop or even the rock section. As long as it's in the store somewhere, I'm OK with it.
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I've been lucky to be able to make the records I've wanted to make. The record company has never pressured me to cut certain songs.
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I'm really just trying to do things that I enjoy. I'm trying to play music that I like to play and like to listen to. I just have to think if I like those different kinds of music, there are other people who aren't so different from me.
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Writin songs is like a mystery. The most difficult thing to do is have a good idea. If you have a decent idea, the songs are the easy part. Actually having something to say is the hard part. If you get an idea for a song, then it pulls you along. There are just some ideas that you get that are really hard to edit out; it's hard to stop thinking about some bad ideas. So you just finish it and you end up putting it on a record.
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You don't have to have anything in common with people you've known since you were five. With old friends, you've got your whole life in common.
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I don't feel like I'm on a mission. I'm trying to play music that I like to play and like to listen to.
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What would we do if we didn't try? We have to try.
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When I first was trying to play the clubs around Houston to start playing my own songs, songwriters like Eric Taylor and Vince Bell and Townes Van Zandt and Don Sanders were just really encouraging to me and would let me sit in with them during their sets and introduce me to the person that owned and booked the club.
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If it's not too late, make it a cheese-burger
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I've always thought that writing isn't really that hard. It's having a good idea that's hard.
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It's difficult to get started-when it comes to dealing with an unknown quantity, people are reluctant to trust their own opinion. It helps if two or three people give you a boost.
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If you forget the words to your own song, you can always claim artistic license. Forget the words to the national anthem and you're screwed.
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Man, I need to impress her, cause I'd like to undress her.
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It's really a lot easier to write about things that are problematic. Who wants to hear how happy you are?
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I don't ever try to anticipate my audience. I just write the songs I want to write, and hope people like 'em.
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I'm a very lucky man. I get to do the thing I want most in life, write songs and sing them for people, and ride bikes. I love my family. I love my home. I get to work with people I've admired my whole life. It's a pretty good life.
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That's right, you're not from Texas. But Texas wants you anyways.
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I enjoyed hearing people do their own songs. I became attracted to singer-songwriters. I became interested in them as people; was curious about what they wanted to say.
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Both my parents worked, so I was home alone a lot, and I would listen to their records. They belonged to the Columbia House record club, so they had records!
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I played guitar when I was young and never really considered it as a way to make a living
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There's no bad luck, There's just the luck you've found.
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