When I was doing something on someone else's dime, I was inclined to try to anticipate what they wanted. I knew that… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
The beautiful despair is never fruitless. It keeps you going. Like when I first heard Bob Dylan do 'Things Have Changed,' or… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
I figure as an artist the best thing you can do is follow your heart - and if your heart is marketable,… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
In life's rich beauty pageant we put children on a stage, said flash your soft white belly child, but just don't act… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
Pretty much any artist that I know of that has found that mentor status, if they're generous and okay to bestow a… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
As an artist, one of the ingredients to doing good work is self-awareness, and that's something I cultivate. — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
It's a gift that we get to do the work that we do to call ourselves artists. — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
It evoked Picasso and Miles Davis for me — two great artists who totally indulged themselves in their work and who they… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
To be earning a living as an artist at any time, any place is kinda the ultimate gift that you can receive… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
'The Outsider' is a culmination of a lot of things I've been working diligently toward as a recording artist. Hopefully it will… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm a realized artist, but hey, the good news is I can get better, and I'm going to continue… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
You start creating art through the people that are looking at you, trying to route it through their sensibilities or their eyes,… — 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 Image
There are certain choices you make as a songwriter, based on vowel sounds and melody and chord changes. — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Invariably, collaboration leads to new forms of self-expression and to the things that move you. — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
I think, back in the '80s when I was having hits all the time, I took it for granted. — 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 might get… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
So much of inspiration comes from collaboration with other musicians. — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
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 Image
