So much of inspiration comes from collaboration with other musicians. — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
Collaboration allows me to challenge myself to find a new passion for music. — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
I've often said to young songwriters when they want to write with me, 'Let's take a stab at ten songs, and we… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
I will say this: I've always sort of had maybe an inflated sense of my ability to sequence songs in a narrative… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
I can stitch a song together in about an hour anytime you want, but it won't have the depth. — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
There are certain choices you make as a songwriter, based on vowel sounds and melody and chord changes. — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
Because of my methodology and my sensibilities to write songs, I'm not very comfortable with the notion to rush in any creative… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
[My parents] worked hard all week long, and the way they celebrated and rejoiced in life was by making music on weekends.… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
If you get a song right for its usage at the time, it can be useful to others. ...Those songs are more… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
Sometimes, the better writing comes when the song speaks through me and tells me what the song wants to say. — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
I admired Mary's work very much. From the time someone gave me 'The Liars' Club,' I immediately went into a world where… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
Sustaining a narrative in sentences and paragraphs is very different from songwriting. But the dedication to the craft and just the endurance… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
Every now and then I'll get seduced by the idea of money, and I'll take a stab at that...and I fall flat… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
As a creative individual, I really go out of my way to avoid the corporate scene in terms of songwriting. If the… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
I wrote a song a good long while ago, 'I Ain't Livin' Long Like This,' that has been around and been recorded… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
When I write a song with somebody else in mind, it's putting the cart before the horse. The way I write best… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
Certainly, writing a book was challenging. It took me a long time to learn how to do it. It took me seven… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
I have a history, and I am proud of my legacy as a songwriter, all of the songs that I've brought forth… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
For me, my career has never been about what I've done. But it's been about becoming, achieving, and pushing myself further. — Rodney Crowell Copy Share
There are certain choices you make as a songwriter, based on vowel sounds and melody and chord changes. — Rodney Crowell Copy Share
I've had a nice career. I'm no David Bowie or Bruce Springsteen out there. I'm not an icon. I'm just a working artist. — Rodney Crowell Copy Share
My father took me to see Hank Williams on December 14th, 1952. I was two years and four months of age. And I remember… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share
Because of my methodology and my sensibilities to write songs, I'm not very comfortable with the notion to rush in any creative endeavor. — Rodney Crowell Copy Share
When I was 12 years old, or however old I was when Bringing It All Back Home came out, I'd just skip back and… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share
Invariably, collaboration leads to new forms of self-expression and to the things that move you. — Rodney Crowell Copy Share
I think, back in the '80s when I was having hits all the time, I took it for granted. — Rodney Crowell Copy Share
I've often said to young songwriters when they want to write with me, 'Let's take a stab at ten songs, and we might get… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share
For the most part, this record is autobiographical. At some point, the story of 'The Houston Kid' takes my experiences from 6 to 15… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share
I cannot say I'm a poet. That's for someone when they take in consideration where they can bestow 'poet' on. I can't do it.… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share
When I go back to seek inspiration - whether it be from Chuck Berry, Howlin' Wolf, the Beatles, Hank Williams, Ray Charles or Bob… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share
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