My father took me to see Hank Williams on December 14th, 1952. I was two years and four months of age. And… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
My mother was an oral storyteller. She would tell stories over and over again. — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
My parents were sharecrop farm kids with no education - seventh, eighth grade. — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
My father had a perfectly good drummer who he had an argument with. So one day, on a Tuesday, my father came… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
My family was very poor. Strangely, though, my father was an enigma in that he was always working. He was not a… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
Violence was very much a part of my mother's upbringing - a little less so with my father's, but my father was… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
[My parents] worked hard all week long, and the way they celebrated and rejoiced in life was by making music on weekends.… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
In the 74 years and nearly four months marking her time on what she called this crooked old Earth, my mother rarely… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
Underfunded, underwhelmed, and out of their league from the git-go, my parents took to home ownership like horse thieves to a hanging… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
My mother was apt to fall out on the floor and start speaking in tongues. Actually, it was a great performance... It… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There are certain choices you make as a songwriter, based on vowel sounds and melody and chord changes. — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Invariably, collaboration leads to new forms of self-expression and to the things that move you. — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
I think, back in the '80s when I was having hits all the time, I took it for granted. — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
So much of inspiration comes from collaboration with other musicians. — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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