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… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
I don't ever try to anticipate my audience. I just write the songs I want to write, and hope people like 'em. — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
If you forget the words to your own song, you can always claim artistic license. Forget the words to the national anthem… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
I've just always written songs in a style that appeal to me personally. — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
Both my parents worked, so I was home alone a lot, and I would listen to their records. They belonged to the… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
I've never made a dime from a record sale in the history of my record deal. I've been very happy with my… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
One of my favorite things is when people will ask for a song that I hadn't planned to play. It is really… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
Beyond hoping that someone will like one of my songs, I don't think about how a song will be received. I just… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
As a songwriter, you try your best to write a good song, and you like nothing better than hearing a good song.… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
I joke that I've never been burdened by having an actual hit. There's something to that. My records have sold enough to… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
Somehow you can tell the difference when a song is written just to get on the radio and when what someone does… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
I'm not the kind of writer that can wake up and say, "Okay, I'm gonna write a song today," and have that… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
Writin songs is like a mystery. The most difficult thing to do is have a good idea. If you have a decent… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
When someone tells me what he or she was doing the first time they heard a song of mine, then I've done… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
I'm a very lucky man. I get to do the thing I want most in life, write songs and sing them for… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
Helen Hunt is terrific, and I got to do a couple of guest spots with Helen and Paul Reiser on 'Mad About You.' — Lyle Lovett Copy Share
In school, I didn't speak up often in class. I was never the person to yell out an answer. If I knew it, I… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share
Tipping your hat to a lady is good form. If you're at a dinner table, you'd most certainly take your hat off - cowboy… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share
The idea that we humans are good-natured, politically correct, nonjudgmental beings is pure fantasy. We are, at the very least, judgmental. — Lyle Lovett Copy Share
Horses teach you patience and how to do things the right way so you can get the right result. — Lyle Lovett Copy Share
Somehow you can tell the difference when a song is written just to get on the radio and when what someone does is their… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share
She was ugly from the front, and I said ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly. Well, I could handle it behind her. — Lyle Lovett Copy Share
When you have a solid upbringing and a strong sense of place, that sustains you. My sense of home never leaves me. — Lyle Lovett Copy Share
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… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share
You're saying something with your appearance whether you mean to or not, so you may as well mean to. — Lyle Lovett Copy Share
My parents worked for Exxon, and they gave me every chance to take part in music. I took guitar lessons, and I was in… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share
The first time I toured with the 'Large Band' in 1988, I got so tired. If I just stood still anywhere, I could go… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share
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… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share
