--- title: "Best Rodney Crowell Quotations" description: "Rodney Crowell is an American country singer‑songwriter who achieved five number‑one singles from his 1988 album Diamonds & Dirt." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b116/author-rodney-crowell-3715.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Rodney Crowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b116/author-rodney-crowell-3715.jpg) # Rodney Crowell (1950) Singer-songwriter United States **123** quotes in **477** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet 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 · Page 4 > [People ask me, 'What is the mystique of the Texas songwriter?' Well, we ran barefoot from March until November. I think there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/people-ask-me-what-is-the-mystique-of-the-texas-songwriter-well-we/) [Rodney Crowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-crowell/) [Barefoot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/barefoot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d75/rodney-crowell-3715_barefoot_people-ask-me-what-is-the-mystique-of-th_2942205.png) > [The '90s weren't my finest years artistically. I wrote some good songs in there, but in terms of my vision of getting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/the-90s-weren-t-my-finest-years-artistically-i-wrote-some-good-songs/) [Rodney Crowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-crowell/) [Best](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/best/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e2/rodney-crowell-3715_best_the-90s-weren-t-my-finest-years-artistic_1876002.png) > [When I go back to seek inspiration - whether it be from Chuck Berry, Howlin' Wolf, the Beatles, Hank Williams, Ray Charles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-crowell/when-i-go-back-to-seek-inspiration-whether-it-be-from-chuck-berry/) [Rodney Crowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-crowell/) [Beatles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beatles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccd/rodney-crowell-3715_beatles_when-i-go-back-to-seek-inspiration-wheth_528061.png) ## Rodney Crowell by topic [Time (20)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/rodney-crowell/) [Song (20)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/rodney-crowell/) [Music (18)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/music/rodney-crowell/) [Good (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good/rodney-crowell/) [Artist (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/rodney-crowell/) [Writing (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing/rodney-crowell/) [Art (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/rodney-crowell/) [Parenting (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/parenting/rodney-crowell/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-crowell/#itemlist", "name": "Rodney Crowell Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People ask me, 'What is the mystique of the Texas songwriter?' 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