American Songwriter Quotes

What has worked before is never as good as something that has never been tried before, even if it doesn't work.

There's been a load of compromising, on the road to my horizon, but I'm gonna be where the lights are shining on me.

Christmas is the celebration of the keeping of a promise. A saving promise.

Shopping bugs me, for metaphorical reasons I'm sure, because in life as in shopping, you go in looking for one thing. There's one thing you really need, right? But then there's Blue Light Specials, you know, and you just get confused, you get distracted, that's all. It's human. You wind up with this armload of shiny junk. You know, and then you're checking out—I mean, checking out—and suddenly you remember, Huh… there was that one thing I came in for. Oh no, I forgot—I just have this junk—oh no! Too late, you're in the express line!

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.

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

See the wild birds on the wing,
Hear the bells that sweetly ring,
When you feel like singin', sing--
Keep a-goin'!

Frank L. Stanton

I realized that, instead of moving people closer to a salvation decision, an answer can push them further away. Rather than engaging their minds or urging them to consider an alternative perspective, an answer can give them ammunition for future attacks against the gospel.

No matter how hard you try
You can't stop me now.

Norman Whitfield

I was captured by the songs as much as the singer. They grabbed my heart. The reality of country music moved me. Even when I was a kid, I liked the sad songs... songs that talked about true life. I recognized this music as a simple plea. It beckoned me.

He'd have to get under, get out and get under
And fix up his automobile.

His eye is on the sparrow And I know He watches me.

Civilla D. Martin

Good performance is about what you take in, not what you put out.

Livingston Taylor

'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

Everybody told me you can't get far
On thirty-seven dollars and a Jap guitar.

Hitler was a good man and it takes some f—-ing balls for someone to say this out loud this day and age, especially for a public figure like myself, but you know what? SOMEONE NEEDS TO SPEAK THE TRUTH WITHOUT FEAR! Otherwise the dark cabal who currently control the world and all of the world bankers will continue to feed you their lies, feed off your emotions, take advantage of your emotions and will continue to keep you THEIR SLAVE!

Life in the fast lane
Surely make you lose your mind.

One night I was layin' down
I heard mama and papa talkin'
I heard papa tell mama
Let that boy boogie-woogie
Because it's in him
And it got to come out.

John Lee Hooker

Listen to the mockingbird, listen to the mockingbird, Still singing where the weeping willows wave.

Septimus Winner

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

Twenty-twenty-twenty-four hours to go I wanna be sedated Nothing to do, nowhere to go I wanna be sedated

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.

So study your rock history, son. That be the Bible of the Blues.

I've seen fire and I've seen rain I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend But I always thought that I'd see you again.

When those you love die, the best you can do is honor their spirit for as long as you live. You make a commitment that you're going to take whatever lesson that person or animal was trying to teach you, and you make it true in your own life... It's a positive way to keep their spirit alive in the world, by keeping it alive in yourself.