Honest Songs Quotes by John Prine

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John Prine has 17 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• I just tried to come up with some honest songs. What I was writing about was real plain stuff that I wasn't…
• I think the more the listener can contribute to the song, the better; the more they become part of the song, and…
• Some of the songs come so fully, it's like they are pre-packaged. There have been a couple that came in the middle…
• I edit as I go. Especially when I go to commit it to paper. I prefer a typewriter even to a computer.…
• I'm fascinated by America...it's so odd.
• If heartaches was commercials, we'd all be on TV.
• Now Jesus don't like killin'/No matter what the reason's for.
• I always knew Gordon Lightfoot was a really great songwriter, but his stuff even sounds better and better all the time. It's…
• Writing is about a blank piece of paper and leaving out what’s not supposed to be there.
• MAKE ME AN ANGEL THAT FLIES FROM MONTGOMERY, MAKE ME A POSTER OF AN OLD RODEO JUST GIVE ME ONE THING THAT…
• Blow up your TV...throw away your paper...move to the country and build you a home. Plant a little garden...eat a lot of…
• Bowl of oatmeal tried to stare me down... and won.

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