American Songwriter Quotes

Bob Dylan

Lady Gaga

Corbin Bleu

Jimi Hendrix

Johnny Cash

Taylor Swift

Katy Perry

The truth is far from you, so you know you got to lie. Then you're all the time defending what you can never justify.

If you consider the definition of authenticity, it's saying something and actually doing it. I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic.

There's some records that sell millions of copies, that it's really unclear if anybody liked it who was making it, y'know?

There's nothing surer,
The rich get rich and the poor get poorer,
In the meantime, in between time,
Ain't we got fun.

There is nothing more personal than your values. What you will and won't do to get ahead, the lines you will and won't cross to win, whom you will and won't step on for personal gain, are at the very core of your code of honor. And your code of honor determines your character. And your character is who you are. Behind closed doors. When nobody is watching.

The things that matter the most in this world, they can never be held in our hand.

And after it rains
There's a rainbow
And all of the colors are black
Its not that the colors aren't there
It's just imagination they lack.

Simon & Garfunkel

If I had a box just for wishes and dreams that had never come true, the box would be empty, except for the memory of how they were answered by you.

I thank the Lord for the night time To forget the day.

But more I cannot wish you Than to wish you find your love Your own true love this day.

That's the sound of the men workin' on the chain gang.

We never expected anything, actually. I think we still don't expect anything. We were proud of the album when we finished it, so whatever success it has we are just like, 'Wow, cool.' It's not going to change the way we work or think. I'm as proud of this record now as I was when we finished it.

You have to blow off your family. You have to blow off comfort. You have to blow off money.... You have to blow off your ego. You have to blow off everything except your guitar.

Townes Van Zandt

A smart man isn't necessarily one who knows all the answers, but knows where to find them.

The ephemeral nature of live performance is the part I love most - it's a monk's sand painting, carefully constructed, then wiped away in an instant.

I know a place
Ain't nobody crying
Ain't nobody worried
Ain't no smiling faces
Lying to the races
I'll take you there.

We cannot evangelize until we have been evangelized. This happens most powerfully through solitary prayer.

John Michael Talbot

You say we'll soar like two birds through the clouds, but soon you'll cage me on your shelf. I'll never learn to be just me, first by myself.

I've seen country music go uptown, like we say, and I'm proud I was there when it happened.

'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free, 'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be, And when we find ourselves in the place just right, 'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.

Joseph Brackett

This Is Your Time, This Is Your Dance. Live Every Moment, Leave Nothing To Chance. Swim In The Sea. Drink Of The Deep, Embrace The Mystery Of All You Could Be. What if Tomorrow? And What If Today? Faced With The Question, Oh What Would You Say?

Michael W. Smith

You know, [his voice trembling, hoarse, no more than a whisper] I always thought I'd go first. a

It's mighty strange without a doubt, nobody knows you when you're down and out.

My band is the best band in the world, period. So, I insist on every song being better then it is on the record. So by the end of the tour, we have to be playing the song better then how it's recorded.

Here I am, on the road again. There I am, up on the stage. Here I go, playing star again. There I go, turn the page.