One of the greatest tools you have as a songwriter is anonymity. If someone knows too much about the songwriter, they don't get to insert their own characters. I don't want the audience thinking about the gay guy who wrote… — Shane McAnally Copy Share Image
Nashville is a boys' club of redneck conservative ideas. But they're ready to embrace gay people. I never felt for one second that someone… — Shane McAnally Copy Share Image
I'm a creative person who had a lot of dark time in my life. I can still get to it: I can still go… — Shane McAnally Copy Share Image
I'm a commercial-minded songwriter. I'm here to make a living and be on the radio. — Shane McAnally Copy Share Image
The truth is, I probably would be dead if I had become a star, because at that point I was so closeted and so… — Shane McAnally Copy Share Image
West Hollywood blew my mind: gay men walking down the street, kissing and holding hands. I'd never imagined there was a place like that. — Shane McAnally Copy Share Image
It only took me six months to get a record deal, but it took me 20 years to have a hit. — Shane McAnally Copy Share Image
We'll set up a demo session and try to knock out eight or ten songs and make them sound as close as we can… — Shane McAnally Copy Share Image
If the right idea comes up, and it feels true to talk about somebody being in a truck, and that's the only way to… — Shane McAnally Copy Share Image
One of the greatest tools you have as a songwriter is anonymity. If someone knows too much about the songwriter, they don't get to… — Shane McAnally Copy Share Image
That internal ache is the starting point of country music. If it's a happy song and I can still feel sad in it? That's… — Shane McAnally Copy Share Image
I have a hard time being happy, and I think a lot of creative people suffer with that when life gets real happy. — Shane McAnally Copy Share Image
