It's really a lot easier to write about things that are problematic. Who wants to hear how happy you are? — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
I've always thought that writing isn't really that hard. It's having a good idea that's hard. — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
I don't ever try to anticipate my audience. I just write the songs I want to write, and hope people like 'em. — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
As a songwriter, you try your best to write a good song, and you like nothing better than hearing a good song.… — Lyle Lovett Copy Share Image
I'm a very lucky man. I get to do the thing I want most in life, write songs and sing them for… — 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… — 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
