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title: "1 Emotionally Better Quotes By Guy Clark"
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> [Music is supposed to be entertaining and if it touches you emotionally, so much the better. Sometimes you do it to save your own life, not anybody else's. That's why I write. I'm not trying to change anybody else's life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-clark/music-is-supposed-to-be-entertaining-and-if-it-touches-you/)

[Guy Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-clark/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/869/guy-clark-19002_brain_music-is-supposed-to-be-entertaining-and_518838.jpg)

## More by Guy Clark

> [I don't know what the outcome will be. I put a couple away for my grandkids, like that. So I don't know, who knows?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-clark/i-don-t-know-what-the-outcome-will-be-i-put-a-couple-away-for-my/)

[Guy Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-clark/)

> [I've known Shawn for several years. And he's just an amazing talent. He's a great writer, a marvelous, marvelous guitar player, and plays really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-clark/i-ve-known-shawn-for-several-years-and-he-s-just-an-amazing-talent-he/)

[Guy Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-clark/)

> [It's just something I've always done. In South Texas, the first guitar you get is a Mexican guitar. And the first one I got,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-clark/it-s-just-something-i-ve-always-done-in-south-texas-the-first-guitar/)

[Guy Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-clark/)

> [I hear this song and I think, Man, this is ... great. This is the best I ever heard this. I forget I'm the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-clark/i-hear-this-song-and-i-think-man-this-is-great-this-is-the-best-i/)

[Guy Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-clark/)

> [Interesting little game we play with each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-clark/interesting-little-game-we-play-with-each-other/)

[Guy Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-clark/)

> [I'm gonna build me a boat with these two hands, it'll be a fair curve from a noble plan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-clark/i-m-gonna-build-me-a-boat-with-these-two-hands-it-ll-be-a-fair-curve/)

[Guy Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-clark/)

> [Music is supposed to be entertaining and if it touches you emotionally, so much the better. Sometimes you do it to save your own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-clark/music-is-supposed-to-be-entertaining-and-if-it-touches-you/)

[Guy Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-clark/)

> [All gut strings. Thats just the first kind of guitar I played, it was a nylon string guitar. And to me, its the purest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-clark/all-gut-strings-thats-just-the-first-kind-of-guitar-i-played-it-was-a/)

[Guy Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-clark/)

> [All gut strings. That's just the first kind of guitar I played, it was a nylon string guitar. And to me, it's the purest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-clark/all-gut-strings-that-s-just-the-first-kind-of-guitar-i-played-it-was/)

[Guy Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-clark/)

> [Things change all the time, and theyll probably never be the same again. Its just the natural evolution of the human condition. Things change,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-clark/things-change-all-the-time-and-theyll-probably-never-be-the-same/)

[Guy Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-clark/)

> [Anything that happens after I write a song...that's fine with me. It's up to the listener to read into it what they need from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-clark/anything-that-happens-after-i-write-a-song-that-s-fine-with-me-it-s/)

[Guy Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-clark/)

> [“... spread your arms and hold your breath and always trust your cape.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-clark/spread-your-arms-and-hold-your-breath-and-always-trust-your-cape/)

[Guy Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-clark/)

> [I've gone a year and not written a song just because I couldn't think of anything. But I always come back to it because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-clark/i-ve-gone-a-year-and-not-written-a-song-just-because-i-couldn-t-think/)

[Guy Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-clark/)

> [I love playing and I love singing, and the writing. There's kind of a symbiotic relationship between the writing and the playing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-clark/i-love-playing-and-i-love-singing-and-the-writing-there-s-kind-of-a/)

[Guy Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-clark/)

> [This is a fantasy fiddle tune. The part you fantasize is the fiddle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-clark/this-is-a-fantasy-fiddle-tune-the-part-you-fantasize-is-the-fiddle/)

[Guy Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-clark/)

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