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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.

— Amanda Shires

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

— Amanda Shires

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

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

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

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

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

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

— Amanda Shires

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

— Amanda Shires

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

— Amanda Shires

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

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

— Amanda Shires