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# Rodney Crowell

(1950)   Singer-songwriter   United States

 **123** quotes in **477** categories

Rodney Crowell sees his music career as a continual push to improve. He talks about choosing vowel sounds, melodies, and chords when writing songs and prefers to work at a steady pace. He finds collaboration creates new ways to express himself.

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Rodney Crowell is a singer-songwriter from the United States, best known for *Chinaberry Sidewalks*.

## Quick Facts About Rodney Crowell

Born August 7, 1950

Nationality United States

Profession Singer-songwriter

Notable works Chinaberry Sidewalks

Spouse Claudia Church

## About Rodney Crowell

Rodney Crowell, an American musician, is best known as a country singer and songwriter. His 1988 album Diamonds & Dirt produced five number‑one hits on the Hot Country Songs chart. In addition to his own recordings, Crowell has written songs for and produced music for many other artists.

## Awards & Honors

Americana Award for Duo/Group of the Year Americana Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting

##  Quotes by Rodney Crowell

> [I have declared my loyalty to Americana.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/i-have-declared-my-loyalty-to-americana/)

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[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

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> [The poetry of country music will survive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/the-poetry-of-country-music-will-survive/)

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[Country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b92/rodney-crowell-3715_country_the-poetry-of-country-music-will-survive_704725.png)

> [As a songwriter, metaphor is instinctual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/as-a-songwriter-metaphor-is-instinctual/)

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[Metaphor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/metaphor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaa/rodney-crowell-3715_metaphor_as-a-songwriter-metaphor-is-instinctual_2026366.png)

> [Singing duets is instinctive, intuitive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/singing-duets-is-instinctive-intuitive/)

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[Duets](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/duets/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a12/rodney-crowell-3715_duets_singing-duets-is-instinctive-intuitive-3_394878.png)

> [I'm under-appreciated, of course.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/i-m-under-appreciated-of-course/)

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[Appreciated](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/appreciated/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66e/rodney-crowell-3715_appreciated_i-m-under-appreciated-of-course-1048148_1048148.png)

> [I knew Townes Van Zandt a little bit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/i-knew-townes-van-zandt-a-little-bit/)

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[Bit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bit/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3d/rodney-crowell-3715_bit_i-knew-townes-van-zandt-a-little-bit-322_3221428.png)

> [I'm a vulnerable guy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/i-m-a-vulnerable-guy/)

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[Guy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/guy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c9/rodney-crowell-3715_guy_i-m-a-vulnerable-guy-2654262_2654262.png)

> [My mother met my father at a Roy Acuff concert.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/my-mother-met-my-father-at-a-roy-acuff-concert/)

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[Concert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/concert/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a9/rodney-crowell-3715_concert_my-mother-met-my-father-at-a-roy-acuff-c_1921717.png)

> [My mother was an oral storyteller. She would tell stories over and over again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/my-mother-was-an-oral-storyteller-she-would-tell-stories-over-and/)

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[Again](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/again/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93f/rodney-crowell-3715_again_my-mother-was-an-oral-storyteller-she-wo_1054102.png)

> [Pain comes like the weather, but joy is a choice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/pain-comes-like-the-weather-but-joy-is-a-choice/)

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[Choices](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choices/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2db/rodney-crowell-3715_choices_pain-comes-like-the-weather-but-joy-is-a_506413.png)

> [I wouldn't go as far to say that anything that I've done is timeless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/i-wouldn-t-go-as-far-to-say-that-anything-that-i-ve-done-is-timeless/)

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[Anything](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anything/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37d/rodney-crowell-3715_anything_i-wouldn-t-go-as-far-to-say-that-anythin_2831030.png)

> [My people came from western Tennessee and western Kentucky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/my-people-came-from-western-tennessee-and-western-kentucky/)

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[Came](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/came/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0d/rodney-crowell-3715_came_my-people-came-from-western-tennessee-an_677745.png)

> [Strangely enough, I've become a Metallica fan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/strangely-enough-i-ve-become-a-metallica-fan/)

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[Become](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/become/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37c/rodney-crowell-3715_become_strangely-enough-i-ve-become-a-metallica_1841525.png)

> [My parents were sharecrop farm kids with no education - seventh, eighth grade.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/my-parents-were-sharecrop-farm-kids-with-no-education-seventh-eighth/)

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[Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b4/rodney-crowell-3715_children_my-parents-were-sharecrop-farm-kids-with_1154099.png)

> [Conversation is a really good way to get things done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/conversation-is-a-really-good-way-to-get-things-done/)

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[Communication](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communication/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df6/rodney-crowell-3715_communication_conversation-is-a-really-good-way-to-get_2878931.png)

> [For me, my career has never been about what I've done. But it's been about becoming, achieving, and pushing myself further.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/for-me-my-career-has-never-been-about-what-i-ve-done-but-it-s-been/)

[Rodney Crowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-crowell/)

[Achieving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achieving/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98f/rodney-crowell-3715_achieving_for-me-my-career-has-never-been-about-wh_54620.png)

> [When I write a song with somebody else in mind, it's putting the cart before the horse. The way I write best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/when-i-write-a-song-with-somebody-else-in-mind-it-s-putting-the-cart/)

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[Best](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/best/)

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> [If you're dedicated, if it's something that lives and breathes in your heart, then you've simply got to go ahead and do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/if-you-re-dedicated-if-it-s-something-that-lives-and-breathes-in-your/)

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[Breathe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathe/)

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> [When you're younger, love is this magic thing where the heavens open up. You live 40 years past that, you realize sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/when-you-re-younger-love-is-this-magic-thing-where-the-heavens-open/)

[Rodney Crowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-crowell/)

[Live](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/live/)

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> [I've said very openly that the first aspect of my artistry to arrive was writing. It took me a good number of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/i-ve-said-very-openly-that-the-first-aspect-of-my-artistry-to-arrive/)

[Rodney Crowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-crowell/)

[Find](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/find/)

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> [Invariably, collaboration leads to new forms of self-expression and to the things that move you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/invariably-collaboration-leads-to-new-forms-of-self-expression-and-to/)

[Rodney Crowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-crowell/)

[Collaboration](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/collaboration/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b02/rodney-crowell-3715_collaboration_invariably-collaboration-leads-to-new-fo_242430.png)

> [Time to go inward would you believe that I'm afraid to stare down the barrel of choices I have made.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/time-to-go-inward-would-you-believe-that-i-m-afraid-to-stare-down-the/)

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[Afraid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/afraid/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f9/rodney-crowell-3715_afraid_time-to-go-inward-would-you-believe-that_1039688.png)

> [Sometimes, the better writing comes when the song speaks through me and tells me what the song wants to say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/sometimes-the-better-writing-comes-when-the-song-speaks-through-me/)

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[Better](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/better/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ff/rodney-crowell-3715_better_sometimes-the-better-writing-comes-when_1007547.png)

> [As I started to study old blues recordings and really pay attention to my favorites, it really started to come to me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/as-i-started-to-study-old-blues-recordings-and-really-pay-attention/)

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[Attention](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attention/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cac/rodney-crowell-3715_attention_as-i-started-to-study-old-blues-recordin_1357129.png)

> [To be earning a living as an artist at any time, any place is kinda the ultimate gift that you can receive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/to-be-earning-a-living-as-an-artist-at-any-time-any-place-is-kinda/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74e/rodney-crowell-3715_art_to-be-earning-a-living-as-an-artist-at-a_2448658.jpg)

> [The beautiful despair is never fruitless. It keeps you going. Like when I first heard Bob Dylan do 'Things Have Changed,' or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/the-beautiful-despair-is-never-fruitless-it-keeps-you-going-like-when/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41b/rodney-crowell-3715_art_the-beautiful-despair-is-never-fruitless_1005759.png)

> [I think, in the middle of the '90s, I made a couple of records where I tried to figure out what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/i-think-in-the-middle-of-the-90s-i-made-a-couple-of-records-where-i/)

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[Best](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/best/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/379/rodney-crowell-3715_best_i-think-in-the-middle-of-the-90s-i-made_888149.png)

> [Since 'Houston Kid,' I've got a pretty good track record. Before that, I wrote some hit songs, but I didn't come into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/since-houston-kid-i-ve-got-a-pretty-good-track-record-before-that-i/)

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[Come](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/come/)

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> [My family was very poor. Strangely, though, my father was an enigma in that he was always working. He was not a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/my-family-was-very-poor-strangely-though-my-father-was-an-enigma-in/)

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[Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43f/rodney-crowell-3715_always_my-family-was-very-poor-strangely-though_1959826.jpg)

> [Of course, you can't teach songwriting. You can only encourage people to do it and help them to sort out for themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/of-course-you-can-t-teach-songwriting-you-can-only-encourage-people/)

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[Achieve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achieve/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2f/rodney-crowell-3715_achieve_of-course-you-can-t-teach-songwriting-yo_2348032.png)

> [I am deeply saddened by the loss of my children's grandfather and my very dear friend. I loved big John with all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/i-am-deeply-saddened-by-the-loss-of-my-children-s-grandfather-and-my/)

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[Bigs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bigs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/209/rodney-crowell-3715_bigs_i-am-deeply-saddened-by-the-loss-of-my-c_907189.jpg)

> [Certainly, writing a book was challenging. It took me a long time to learn how to do it. It took me seven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/certainly-writing-a-book-was-challenging-it-took-me-a-long-time-to/)

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[Alone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alone/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/057/rodney-crowell-3715_alone_certainly-writing-a-book-was-challenging_663292.png)

> [My mother was apt to fall out on the floor and start speaking in tongues. Actually, it was a great performance... It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/my-mother-was-apt-to-fall-out-on-the-floor-and-start-speaking-in/)

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[Great](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/great/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/315/rodney-crowell-3715_great_my-mother-was-apt-to-fall-out-on-the-flo_3007810.png)

> [Don't compromise your heart for something crass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/don-t-compromise-your-heart-for-something-crass/)

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[Advice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advice/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ba/rodney-crowell-3715_advice_don-t-compromise-your-heart-for-somethin_1529023.png)

> [I'm very grateful that I was given the ability to create.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/i-m-very-grateful-that-i-was-given-the-ability-to-create/)

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[Ability](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ability/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/014/rodney-crowell-3715_ability_i-m-very-grateful-that-i-was-given-the-a_841427.png)

> [As a poet, Will Rogers just had this natural conversational style.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/as-a-poet-will-rogers-just-had-this-natural-conversational-style/)

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[Conversational](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conversational/)

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> [God gave me wisdom, but the devil's got style.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/god-gave-me-wisdom-but-the-devil-s-got-style/)

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[Devil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devil/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf2/rodney-crowell-3715_devil_god-gave-me-wisdom-but-the-devil-s-got-s_2061037.png)

> [Life can be either of two things: What it makes of you or what you make of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/life-can-be-either-of-two-things-what-it-makes-of-you-or-what-you/)

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[Either](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/either/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85b/rodney-crowell-3715_either_life-can-be-either-of-two-things-what-it_2861315.png)

> [A fist in the face is all you deserve from love you've misplaced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/a-fist-in-the-face-is-all-you-deserve-from-love-you-ve-misplaced/)

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[Deserve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deserve/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77d/rodney-crowell-3715_deserve_a-fist-in-the-face-is-all-you-deserve-fr_802165.png)

> [It’s hard to kiss the lips at night/That chew your ass out all day long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/it-s-hard-to-kiss-the-lips-at-night-that-chew-your-ass-out-all-day/)

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[Ass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ass/)

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## Rodney Crowell by topic

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