You know when you have a child and then as you get older, your parents start becoming more like your friends and then telling you things they wouldn't have told you when you were 14 or 15, answering questions about… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
I have no choice in what direction my music goes, honestly, as all I get is what I'm given. I start writing the songs, and they start presenting themselves the way they want to be heard. — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
It's weird to take your work into a room and everybody reads it. Then comes the terror part, the dissection. — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
And I also think it's a violin when you're selling it and a fiddle when you're buying it. — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
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… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
Instinct is still important, but now I can easily identify problems like cliches and mixed metaphors, and I have a broader palette to work… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
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… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
At about 33 weeks along in my pregnancy, the doctor suggested that I stay pretty close to home and not be touring and flying… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
I think I prefer for the listener to decide for themselves what stuff means, because I always hate it when I think a song… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
I try my best to not just avoid cliches but to write with some meaning. — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you're going through life you're not really noticing it. — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
I was in a plane that lost an engine flying from Dallas to England. It happened over the Newfoundland Sea, and it was dark,… — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
I wasn't getting any work as a songwriter in Texas because I was only known as a fiddle player. — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
