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Song Quotes by Amanda Shires

13 Song quotes by Amanda Shires

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Amanda Shires offers thirteen concise reflections on song that echo her fiddle‑driven storytelling. She touches on the intimacy of a lyric, the swing of a rhythm, and the way a melody can hold a memory. It’s a short, heartfelt glimpse into her craft.

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Violin was my first form of expression - and is still in a lot of ways.

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I can't sing like Aretha Franklin as much as I wish I could. And I don't sing like Etta James and the…

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People like to say their songs are like children, but you gotta get those kids out there so they can make some…

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The violin has always been important for me. My mom was a single mom and we moved around a lot, and so…

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Sometimes you write songs that don't all fit together. What do you, just throw them away? This might be a chance for…

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Because the beauty of songs, I think, is if you do it right a lot of people can relate to it in…

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I write really slowly, and my lines are really, really terrible all the time. It takes so long for me to get…

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When I'm outside gardening, it can be so inspiring. I think of words and melodies. It's peaceful. Every singer-songwriter should find something…

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I think I prefer for the listener to decide for themselves what stuff means, because I always hate it when I think…

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I had no idea I was gonna be a songwriter, because I was too young to know my own evolution. I started…

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Sometimes something opens up in your brain as I'm writing, thinking about the song, and it's like a whirlwind. It all comes…

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I was leaving my violin out of a lot of songs, and that's a strange thing to do because I've been playing…

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I have no choice in what direction my music goes, honestly, as all I get is what I'm given. I start writing…

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It's weird to take your work into a room and everybody reads it. Then comes the terror part, the dissection.

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And I also think it's a violin when you're selling it and a fiddle when you're buying it.

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I'm well-read as far as literary fiction, but I wanted to make better decisions about my writing, to use words or phrases more confidently…

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Instinct is still important, but now I can easily identify problems like cliches and mixed metaphors, and I have a broader palette to work…

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There's a stability in being a side person that can be kind of dangerous if you also want to be an artist on your…

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At about 33 weeks along in my pregnancy, the doctor suggested that I stay pretty close to home and not be touring and flying…

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I think I prefer for the listener to decide for themselves what stuff means, because I always hate it when I think a song…

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I consider myself more of a rock 'n' roll fiddler.

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I try my best to not just avoid cliches but to write with some meaning.

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Sometimes when you're going through life you're not really noticing it.

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I was in a plane that lost an engine flying from Dallas to England. It happened over the Newfoundland Sea, and it was dark,…

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I wasn't getting any work as a songwriter in Texas because I was only known as a fiddle player.

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You know when you have a child and then as you get older, your parents start becoming more like your friends and then telling…

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I write really slowly, and my lines are really, really terrible all the time. It takes so long for me to get them to…

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I don't really have anything nice to say about pop-country radio.

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