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> [In the 80s, in the cover band I was in, we'd slip in original material. If you didn't say anything about it, people just didn't care. Sometimes they'd ask where that came from and you'd tell them, but you still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-wilkinson/in-the-80s-in-the-cover-band-i-was-in-we-d-slip-in-original-material/)

[Andy Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-wilkinson/)

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## More by Andy Wilkinson

> [We singer-songwriter people, we're used to getting up and doing our own thing in front of people, and we're it. We're the band, artist,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-wilkinson/we-singer-songwriter-people-we-re-used-to-getting-up-and-doing-our/)

[Andy Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-wilkinson/)

> [Great readers, great listeners, and all have great work ethics. ... They work hard at what they do and they're devout to their reading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-wilkinson/great-readers-great-listeners-and-all-have-great-work-ethics-they/)

[Andy Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-wilkinson/)

> [Years ago when I was in a cover band and we were playing dances, that was quite a different thing. You were there as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-wilkinson/years-ago-when-i-was-in-a-cover-band-and-we-were-playing-dances-that/)

[Andy Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-wilkinson/)

> [I had to really do some studying and examination of my own songwriting and I realized that, there's not a formula by any stretch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-wilkinson/i-had-to-really-do-some-studying-and-examination-of-my-own/)

[Andy Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-wilkinson/)

> [I find on songwriting, I really have to work at making sure I'm not imitating myself. You know? Which happens to all of us.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-wilkinson/i-find-on-songwriting-i-really-have-to-work-at-making-sure-i-m-not/)

[Andy Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-wilkinson/)

> [I say to my students that I can't teach them how to write a good song, but I can teach you how to write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-wilkinson/i-say-to-my-students-that-i-can-t-teach-them-how-to-write-a-good-song/)

[Andy Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-wilkinson/)

> [Kids who are least impressive in my class are the ones who only listen to one kind of music. They only listen to country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-wilkinson/kids-who-are-least-impressive-in-my-class-are-the-ones-who-only/)

[Andy Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-wilkinson/)

> [In the 80s, in the cover band I was in, we'd slip in original material. If you didn't say anything about it, people just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-wilkinson/in-the-80s-in-the-cover-band-i-was-in-we-d-slip-in-original-material/)

[Andy Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-wilkinson/)

> [Some things need to be a song. Some things need to be a play. Some things need to be a painting. Some things need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-wilkinson/some-things-need-to-be-a-song-some-things-need-to-be-a-play-some/)

[Andy Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-wilkinson/)

> [So I realized when I was successful in a piece, it was because I didn't abandon a notion early on what it ought to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-wilkinson/so-i-realized-when-i-was-successful-in-a-piece-it-was-because-i-didn/)

[Andy Wilkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-wilkinson/)

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