You certainly don't hear any country music on pop radio today. But for a while you did, and it was a lovely thing to have all the different genres of music cohabitating the Top 40 - the folk sound, The… — Jimmy Webb Copy Share
The people who are making money are the ones who are writing and singing their own songs. — Jimmy Webb Copy Share Image
When I started out, I was absolutely awful, I had no voice, I didn't have a lot of stage presence and most of the… — Jimmy Webb Copy Share Image
What has worked before is never as good as something that has never been tried before, even if it doesn't work. — Jimmy Webb Copy Share Image
You certainly don't hear any country music on pop radio today. But for a while you did, and it was a lovely thing to have all the different genres of music cohabitating the Top 40 - the folk sound, The Beatles, the British sound, the Motown sounds, that kind of light country - it was a welcome relief after a… — Jimmy Webb Copy Share
“A critic can call any poem 'doggerel.' That is no more than a slur. 'Doggerel' or 'maudlin' or 'sappy' or 'sentimental' is in the ear of the listener. By the by, 'sentimental' is okay as it is defined as 'marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism.' It is 'sentimentality' that is to be avoided, like the fiddleback spider,… — Jimmy Webb Copy Share
I think it's prima facie evidence for the existence of God because for me to grow up and actually end up working with Glen… — Jimmy Webb Copy Share Image
I usually know what kind of song I'm after. I know what I'm trying to do when I start. I don't always get there.… — Jimmy Webb Copy Share Image
America's criminal justice system has deteriorated to the point that it is a national disgrace. — Jimmy Webb Copy Share Image
In the end all that matters is climbing and pushing your personal limits. No matter the grade, if you climb something that was hard… — Jimmy Webb Copy Share Image
I've been fortunate that when Frank Sinatra was in concert, he would say, 'Here's a song by a wonderful young songwriter, Jimmy Webb,' and… — Jimmy Webb Copy Share Image
