Quotes by Lyle Lovett

About Lyle Lovett:

Lyle Pearce Lovett is an American country singer-songwriter and actor. Active since 1980, he has recorded thirteen albums and released 25 singles to date, including his highest entry, the number 10 chart hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, "Cowboy Man". Lovett has won four Grammy Awards, including Best Male Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Album. It's Not Big It's Large was released in 2007, where it debuted and peaked at number 2 on the Top Country Albums chart. A new studio album, Natural Forces, was released on October 20, 2009 by Lost Highway Records. The last studio album on his Curb Records contract, Release Me, was released in February 2012.
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Never guess a woman's age. Never guess a woman's weight. Never even talk about weight in front of a woman. And never, ever ask a woman when she's due.

Lyle Lovett

Both my parents worked, so I was home alone a lot, and I would listen to their records. They belonged to the Columbia House record club, so they had records!

Lyle Lovett

As a songwriter, you try your best to write a good song, and you like nothing better than hearing a good song. It's easy to admire a great song, and you want to share out of enthusiasm.

Lyle Lovett

Fortunately, I've never had a job.

Lyle Lovett

Singing your own songs is all about individual expression.

Lyle Lovett

It's really a lot easier to write about things that are problematic. Who wants to hear how happy you are?

Lyle Lovett

I played guitar when I was young and never really considered it as a way to make a living.

Lyle Lovett

I enjoyed hearing people do their own songs. I became attracted to singer-songwriters. I became interested in them as people; was curious about what they wanted to say.

Lyle Lovett

You can't second-guess your audience. You can only do what you think is right. If you do that, your audience will appreciate you.

Lyle Lovett

I've been lucky to be able to make the records I've wanted to make. The record company has never pressured me to cut certain songs.

Lyle Lovett

If you forget the words to your own song, you can always claim artistic license. Forget the words to the national anthem, and you're screwed.

Lyle Lovett

You're saying something with your appearance whether you mean to or not, so you may as well mean to.

Lyle Lovett

The idea that we humans are good-natured, politically correct, nonjudgmental beings is pure fantasy. We are, at the very least, judgmental.

Lyle Lovett

I'm not really a competitive person, and I'm not naturally comfortable in front of people.

Lyle Lovett

Growing up, the last thing I ever thought I'd do is be an entertainer.

Lyle Lovett

Helen Hunt is terrific, and I got to do a couple of guest spots with Helen and Paul Reiser on 'Mad About You.'

Lyle Lovett

When I first was trying to play the clubs around Houston to start playing my own songs, songwriters like Eric Taylor and Vince Bell and Townes Van Zandt and Don Sanders were just really encouraging to me and would let me sit in with them during their...

Lyle Lovett

The most important thing you can do as a performer is to be yourself, or be an onstage version of yourself. If you're not being true to yourself, and somebody likes that other version of you, you're kind of stuck.

Lyle Lovett

If someone gives you a belt buckle, it's like a piece of jewelry. It has the same sort of emotional significance. It would be something you would intend to keep forever.

Lyle Lovett

In school, I didn't speak up often in class. I was never the person to yell out an answer. If I knew it, I might whisper it to my buddy and let him answer. I kept quiet.

Lyle Lovett

Author Bio

  • NameLyle Lovett
  • DescriptionAmerican musician
  • BornNovember 1, 1957
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSinger; Actor; Singer-songwriter