Lyle Lovett Quotes

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.

I’m really in no danger of being perceived as a famous movie actor!

I played guitar when I was young and never really considered it as a way to make a living

If Ford is to Chevrolet what Dodge is to Chrysler,
what Corn Flakes are to Post Toasties,
what the clear blue sky is to the deep blue sea,
what Hank Williams is to Neil Armstrong –
can you doubt we were made for each other?

Denice Franke is a sensitive and compelling singer and songwriter.

Barbecue sauce is like a beautiful woman. If it’s too sweet, it’s bound to be hiding something.

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.

I don’t ever try to anticipate my audience. I just write the songs I want to write, and hope people like ’em.

I’ve always thought that writing isn’t really that hard. It’s having a good idea that’s hard.

It’s true that I did get the girl, but then my grandfather always said, Even a blind chicken finds a few grains of corn now and then.

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.

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.