When someone tells me what he or she was doing the first time they heard a song of mine, then I've done a good job. If my song becomes about your life, then I'm successful. — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
I'm not the kind of writer that can wake up and say, "Okay, I'm gonna write a song today," and have that song be the kind I would want to record. The songs of mine that I end up liking… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
Helen Hunt is terrific, and I got to do a couple of guest spots with Helen and Paul Reiser on 'Mad About You.' — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
In school, I didn't speak up often in class. I was never the person to yell out an answer. If I knew it, I… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
Tipping your hat to a lady is good form. If you're at a dinner table, you'd most certainly take your hat off - cowboy… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
The idea that we humans are good-natured, politically correct, nonjudgmental beings is pure fantasy. We are, at the very least, judgmental. — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
Horses teach you patience and how to do things the right way so you can get the right result. — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
Somehow you can tell the difference when a song is written just to get on the radio and when what someone does is their… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
She was ugly from the front, and I said ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly. Well, I could handle it behind her. — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
When you have a solid upbringing and a strong sense of place, that sustains you. My sense of home never leaves me. — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
If you forget the words to your own song, you can always claim artistic license. Forget the words to the national anthem and you're… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
You're saying something with your appearance whether you mean to or not, so you may as well mean to. — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
