I think my songs are singing to the rural heart. It's not whether you're from a big city or the middle of nowhere in a small town.
Most musicians count at the beginning, and never count and talk to their musicians after that. They only talk to them at the end of the song. But I would count with them and talk.
I will now sing another song for your pleasure. Now, if you like Phil Collins...you should be shot in the head.
When you listen to radio and hear the same 20 or 25 songs, you start hunting down your CD's. Waylon Jennings' records were always around to listen to.
As a songwriter, there's nothing better than winning Song Of The Year. But I couldn't really celebrate, because it wasn't right. Luther wasn't standing next to me, to receive the award.
The only thing that's a little tricky about it is sometimes people assume that if it's a new song, it's a reflection of what you're feeling or going through now.
I don't think writing or co-writing my songs makes me a better singer, but I haven't really got an excuse not to do it as I've got too many opinions!
For as long as I'm able to write songs and sing them, it's just about making them ones I feel proud to sing again and again.
All of my records have been very personal, just writing more and more songs, you get better at being able to say what you feel.
I'm tired of Glen Matlock saying he was the songwriter for the Sex Pistols. I co-wrote as many songs... but I don't go shouting about it.
If I’m not around I hope you’ll remember me and together we will hold on to our favorite song.
Lou Reed is something like a personal favorite of mine, but you could always put me into that drawer of singers who can't really sing, who speak their songs.
Almost every band has somebody who's the main songwriter and who has a vision, a very clear idea of how a song should be.
I think there are people out there writing original bluegrass songs, but it's hard to get them out on the air.
Writing for yourself is like exposing your diary. It can be a little embarrassing at times, but if it helps somebody get through the day just by hearing a song, it's well worth it.
I'm always conscious of what I'm writing, conscious of what the actor may ask me. I have a defense for nearly every line in the song.
I don't set out to write a political song. I am not one of those that feels compelled to write about what's going on.
I like having songs that go from the personal to the kind of inter-relational, universal, because everything comes back to micro/macro and everything's tied in.
Legislation won't necessarily start a riot. But the right song can make someone pick up a chair.
I might sing a gospel song in Arabic or do something in Hebrew. I want to mix it up and do it differently than one might imagine.
Sometimes I'll sing the same verse through the entire song, because the other verses aren't clicking. And when they do come to me, I'm in the middle of that same verse!
