Country music Quotes by Rodney Crowell

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

There are certain choices you make as a songwriter, based on vowel sounds and melody and chord changes.

— Rodney Crowell

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

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

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

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

Invariably, collaboration leads to new forms of self-expression and to the things that move you.

— Rodney Crowell

I think, back in the '80s when I was having hits all the time, I took it for granted.

— Rodney Crowell

Singing duets is instinctive, intuitive.

— Rodney Crowell

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

So much of inspiration comes from collaboration with other musicians.

— Rodney Crowell

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