Shane McAnally

Nashville is a boys' club of redneck conservative ideas. But they're ready to embrace gay people. I never felt for one second…

— Shane McAnally

I'm a creative person who had a lot of dark time in my life. I can still get to it: I can…

— Shane McAnally

I'm a commercial-minded songwriter. I'm here to make a living and be on the radio.

— Shane McAnally

The truth is, I probably would be dead if I had become a star, because at that point I was so closeted…

— Shane McAnally

West Hollywood blew my mind: gay men walking down the street, kissing and holding hands. I'd never imagined there was a place…

— Shane McAnally

It only took me six months to get a record deal, but it took me 20 years to have a hit.

— Shane McAnally

We'll set up a demo session and try to knock out eight or ten songs and make them sound as close as…

— Shane McAnally

If the right idea comes up, and it feels true to talk about somebody being in a truck, and that's the only…

— Shane McAnally

One of the greatest tools you have as a songwriter is anonymity. If someone knows too much about the songwriter, they don't…

— Shane McAnally

When something works on a huge level, everybody does it.

— Shane McAnally

Sometimes you just want to write a party song.

— Shane McAnally

That internal ache is the starting point of country music. If it's a happy song and I can still feel sad in…

— Shane McAnally

When I stopped hiding who I am, I started writing hits.

— Shane McAnally

I have a hard time being happy, and I think a lot of creative people suffer with that when life gets real…

— Shane McAnally

The Nashville Network, that's all I would watch as a kid.

— Shane McAnally

I always loved Willie Nelson, but I loved the songs that Willie made famous.

— Shane McAnally

I wake up every day thinking, 'I just can't do it anymore.' There's nothing left to say, and I'm completely dry. And…

— Shane McAnally