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Lyle Lovett was probably one of the most special and unique singer/songwriters to emerge through the ’80s. Though he was called a nation vocalist, the tag under no circumstances quite match him. Lovett got more in keeping with ’70s vocalist/songwriters like Man Clark, Jesse Winchester, Randy Newman, and Townes Vehicle Zandt, merging a skill for incisive, witty lyrical fine detail with an eclectic selection of music, which range from nation and folk to big-band golf swing and traditional pop. Lovett’s literate, multi-layered tracks stood out one of the formulaic Nashville strike singles from the past due ’80s along with the brand-new traditionalists who have been starting to take over nation music. Sketching from alternative nation and rock and roll enthusiasts, Lovett quickly developed a cult pursuing which started to spill over in to the mainstream along with his second recording, 1988’s Pontiac. Pursuing Pontiac, his nation audience dropped, but his status like a songwriter and musician continuing to develop, and he suffered an ardent cult following through the entire ’90s. Blessed in Klein, Tx — a little town called after his great-grandfather, a Bavarian weaver known as Adam Klein, which afterwards became a Houston suburb — Lovett grew up on his family members equine ranch. He didn’t start his musical profession until he started composing music while he went to Tx A&M School in the past due ’70s, where he examined journalism and German. While he was students, he performed addresses and original tracks at regional folk celebrations and clubs. Being a graduate pupil, he journeyed to Germany to review and continuing to create and play while he was in European countries. Nevertheless, he didn’t commence to pursue a musical profession in earnest until he came back to America in the first ’80s. Upon his go back to the Areas, Lovett played night clubs throughout Tx, eventually landing an area within the 1983 Mickey Rooney Television movie Costs: BY HIMSELF. The following season Nanci Griffith, whom Lyle got interviewed for any college paper while he was in university, documented his “EASILY Were the girl You Desired” on her behalf Once in an exceedingly Blue Moon recording. He also sang around the recording in addition to her 1985 record Last of the real Believers. Man Clark noticed a demonstration tape of Lovett’s tracks in 1984 and aimed it toward Tony Dark brown of MCA Information. Over the following year, MCA exercised the facts of an archive agreement with Lyle. For the time being, he produced his first documented appearance on Fast Folk Mag, Vol. 2 #8 afterwards in the entire year. Lovett authorized with MCA/Curb in 1986, liberating his eponymous debut later on in the entire year. Lyle Lovett received superb evaluations, and five of its singles — “Farther Down the road,” the very best Ten “Cowboy Guy,” “God Will,” “Why I HAVE NO IDEA,” and “SURRENDER My Center” — reached the united states Best 40. Despite his solid showing on the united states graphs, it was very clear from the outset that Lovett’s musical preferences didn’t depend on nation, although genre provided the building blocks of his audio. Instead, he included jazz, folk, and pop right into a nation framework, pressing the musical limitations of every genre. Pontiac, his second record, revealed just how eclectic and literate Lovett was. Greeted with overwhelmingly reviews that are positive from both nation and mainstream magazines upon its 1987 launch, Pontiac extended his audience within the pop and rock and roll markets. The recording charted in the low reaches from the pop graphs and slowly proved helpful its method toward gold position. While his pop viewers grew, his nation fan base begun to reduce — “She’s No Female” and “I Loved You Last night” both produced the very best 30, but after those two tracks, non-e of his additional singles cracked the united states Best 40. It didn’t matter that Lovett’s nation viewers was disappearing — Pontiac got gained enough fresh fans within the pop mainstream to ensure him a solid cult following. To aid Pontiac, he constructed His Large Music group, that was a improved big music group filled with guitars, a cellist, a pianist, horns, along with a gospel-trained backup vocalist called Francine Reed. Lovett documented his third record, Lyle Lovett and His Huge Band, along with his touring music group. Like its two predecessors, the record was well-received critically upon its early 1989 discharge, and it performed well commercially, peaking at amount 62 and finally going gold. Maybe due to the album’s eclectic, jazzy audio, the recording produced only 1 minor nation strike in “I Wedded Her BECAUSE She APPEARS LIKE You,” but his right rendition of Tammy Wynette’s “The stand by position Your Guy” received significant amounts of attention within the media. Following discharge of His Huge Band, Lovett resolved out in California, which signaled that he was abandoning nation. After settling in LA, he spent another 2 yrs collaborating and focusing on his 4th recording. In 1990, he created Walter Hyatt’s Ruler Tears recording; the following yr, he sang on Leo Kottke’s Great Big Son and donated a cover of “Friend from the Devil” towards the Grateful Deceased tribute recording Deadicated. Also in 1991, he produced his performing debut in Robert Altman’s THE GAMER, that was released in the springtime of 1992. Several months following the Player strike the theaters, Lovett’s 4th record, Joshua Judges Ruth, premiered. Boasting much gospel and R&B impact, Joshua Judges Ruth was his many successful record up to now, peaking at quantity 57 and heading gold. Overall, the recording was overlooked by nation radio, but pop viewers embraced the record, and Lovett became a staple on adult alternate radio and VH1. Regardless of the achievement of Joshua Judges Ruth, Lovett became a near-superstar for a totally different cause in 1993 — his shock marriage to celebrity Julia Roberts. Upon the announcement of their relationship, Lovett became the main topic of many gossip sections and tabloid tales, elevating him to an even of fame he previously not really experienced before. Lyle’s 1st task after his relationship was a job in Altman’s 1993 film Brief Slashes. He didn’t launch another record before fall of 1994, when I REALLY LIKE Everybody strike the shops. A assortment of tracks Lovett had written in the past due ’70s and early ’80s, I REALLY LIKE Everybody continuing his move from nation, and it had been the very first record he previously released that didn’t increase his audience for some reason. After it joined the graphs at quantity 26, it vanished 13 weeks later on, failing to proceed platinum. Lovett and Roberts divorced within the springtime of 1995, and Lyle started to retreat through the spotlight relatively, spending the rest of the entire year touring and composing. Lovett re-emerged with THE STREET to Ensenada, the very first record since Pontiac to become dominated by nation tracks, in the summertime of 1996. Furthermore to executing well for the pop graphs, where it joined at a profession peak of quantity 24, THE STREET to Ensenada performed highly on the united states graphs, entering at number 4. The two-disc addresses recording Stage Inside This Home implemented in 1998, offering mostly underexposed materials penned by a few of Lovett’s preferred songwriters (a lot of whom hailed from Tx). In 1999, Lovett released his initial concert record, Reside in Tx, and his soundtrack towards the Altman film Dr. T. & the ladies followed a 12 months later on. Smile, a assortment of tunes recorded for different movie soundtracks, made an appearance in 2003, adopted that same 12 months by My Baby Don’t Tolerate on Shed Highway. The label also released IT ISN’T Big It’s Huge in 2007 and Organic Forces in ’09 2009. Any occasion EP, Tunes for the growing season, made an appearance in 2011, and several tracks from this finished up on Discharge Me, Lovett’s last record on his Curb Information contract, which made an appearance in 2012.

Quick Facts


Full Name Lyle Lovett
Date Of Birth November 1, 1957
Height 1.83 m
Profession Actor, Songwriter, Music Producer, Singer-songwriter
Education Texas A&M University
Nationality American
Spouse Julia Roberts
Parents William Pearce Lovett, Bernell Louise Lovett
Partner April Kimble
Awards Grammy Award for Best Country Album, Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance, Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals, Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Music Songs If I Had a Boat, She's No Lady, Cowboy Man, That's Right, Nobody Knows Me, Stand By Your Man, Farther Down the Line, This Old Porch, I've Been to Memphis, Moritat, Give Back My Heart, I Loved You Yesterday, I Married Her Just Because She Looks Like You, Private Conversation, I'm a Soldier in the Army of the Lord, Walk Through the Bottomland, If I Were the Man You Wanted, She's Already Made Up Her Mind, L.A. County, Long Tall Texan, Closing Time, Don't Touch My Hat, In My Own Mind, You've Been So Good Up to Now, She Makes Me Feel Good, She's Hot to Go, Friend of the Devil, South Texas Girl, Why I Don't Know, San Antonio Girl, If You Were to Wake Up, Ballad of the Snow Leopard and the Tanqueray Cowboy
Albums Lyle Lovett and His Large Band, Step Inside This House, The Road to Ensenada, Joshua Judges Ruth, Pontiac, I Love Everybody, It's Not Big It's Large, Release Me, Live in Texas, Natural Forces, Lyle Lovett, Dr. T & the Women, Smile, Anthology, Volume 1: Cowboy Man, My Baby Don't Tolerate, Best Of Lyle Lovett - Live, The Waltzing Fool (Live At Boulder's Coast Club, Colorado. March 22nd 1988), Greatest Hits
Nominations Grammy Award for Best Country Song, Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album, Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals, Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Academy of Country Music Award for New Male Vocalist of the Year, Academy of Country Music Award for Video of the Year, Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year
Movies The Player, The New Guy, The Opposite of Sex, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Short Cuts, Cookie's Fortune, Angels Sing, Bastard out of Carolina, Prêt-à-Porter, The Open Road, Three Days of Rain, Dr. T & the Women, Country: Portraits of an American Sound, Penton: The John Penton Story, Paul Simon and Friends, Remember the Alamo Concert, Dead Man Walking: The Concert, Blaze Foley Inside, The Best of Sessions at West 54th: Vol. 2, Lyle Lovett: Best of Lyle Lovett Live, Soundstage Presents Lyle Lovett, Lyle Lovett and His Large Band: It's Not Big, It's Large
TV Shows Lost Highway, Breakfast with Hunter


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#Fact
1 Suffers seriously from bovophobia (fear of cattle).
2 Graduated from Klein High School, the first high school built in the Klein Independent School District, named for his ancestor, Adam Klein. All High Schools in the District include the Klein name. Other high schools in the district include Klein Forest, Klein Oak, and Klein Collins.
3 Originally slated to play one of the singing cowboys in A Prairie Home Companion (2006).
4 Inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame on March 10, 2006. The other inductees were Matthew McConaughey, Kris Kristofferson, JoBeth Williams and Cybill Shepherd.
5 Engaged to April Kimble. [2006]
6 His great-great-grandfather, Adam Klein, was a founding father of Klein, Texas, where Lyle was born and now resides.
7 He once bought a Cadillac El Dorado from Hunter S. Thompson.
8 He graduated from Texas A&M University with BA's in German (1981) and Journalism (1980).
9 Was trampled by a bull on his Klein, Texas, ranch; needed surgery to repair his mauled right leg. He has since (understandably) possessed a morbid fear of cattle. [April 2002]


Soundtrack

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 2007 performer: "Walk Hard All Star Version"
RV 2006 performer: "G.T.O." / producer: "G.T.O."
The Interpreter 2005 performer: "If I Had a Boat" / writer: "If I Had a Boat"
The Exonerated 2005 TV Movie performer: "Amazing Grace"
Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt 2004 Documentary performer: "Flyin' Shoes"
Deadwood TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2004 writer - 1 episode, 2004
The Wire TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2003 writer - 1 episode, 2003
All Over the Guy 2001 performer: "She Makes Me Feel Good", "The Blues Walk" / writer: "She Makes Me Feel Good"
61* 2001 TV Movie performer: "Nobody Knows Me" / writer: "Nobody Knows Me"
Kissing Jessica Stein 2001 performer: "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You"
Dr. T & the Women 2000 performer: "You've Been So Good Up to Now" 1992, "She's Already Made Up Her Mind" 1992, "Ain't It Something" 1994 / publisher: "You've Been So Good Up to Now" 1992, "She's Already Made Up Her Mind" 1992, "Ain't It Something" 1994 / writer: "You've Been So Good Up to Now" 1992, "She's Already Made Up Her Mind" 1992, "Ain't It Something" 1994
Where the Heart Is 2000 performer: "What'd I Say" / producer: "What'd I Say"
Stuart Little 1999 performer: "Walking Tall"
Mumford 1999 performer: "Ballad Of The Snow Leopard & The Tanqueray Cowboy", "Till It Shines" / producer: "Till It Shines"
Tumbleweeds 1999 performer: "Private Conversation" / writer: "Private Conversation"
Nice Guys Sleep Alone 1999 performer: "You've Been So Good Up To Now" / writer: "You've Been So Good Up To Now"
Clay Pigeons 1998 performer: "Teach Me About Love"
Hope Floats 1998 performer: "Smile" / producer: "Smile"
Daria 1998 TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Rhythm of Life 1997 TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode
The Apostle 1997 performer: "I'm a Soldier in the Army of the Lord"
Nothing to Lose 1997 performer: "You've Been So Good Up To Now" / writer: "You've Been So Good Up To Now"
Fathers' Day 1997 performer: "Ain't It Somethin'", "Cowboy Man" / writer: "Ain't It Somethin'", "Cowboy Man"
Freunde fürs Leben 1997 TV Series performer - 1 episode
Dear God 1996 performer: "Straighten Up and Fly Right" / producer: "Straighten Up and Fly Right"
Caroline in the City TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1996 writer - 1 episode, 1996
2 Days in the Valley 1996 performer: "Nobody Knows Me" / writer: "Nobody Knows Me"
The 68th Annual Academy Awards 1996 TV Special performer: "You've Got a Friend"
Toy Story 1995 performer: "You've Got a Friend in Me"
Quiz Show 1994 performer: "MORITAT"
It Could Happen to You 1994 performer: "She's No Lady" / writer: "She's No Lady"
With Honors 1994 performer: "Blue Skies"
Major League II 1994 performer: "ALL MY LOVE IS GONE" / writer: "ALL MY LOVE IS GONE"
The Firm 1993 performer: "M-O-N-E-Y" / writer: "M-O-N-E-Y"
Leap of Faith 1992 arranger: "Pass Me Not" / performer: "Pass Me Not" / producer: "Pass Me Not"
The Crying Game 1992 performer: "Stand By Your Man"
South of Wawa 1991 performer: "Simple Song", "Nobody Knows Me Like My Baby" / writer: "Simple Song", "Nobody Knows Me Like My Baby"
Switch 1991 performer: "You Can't Resist It" / writer: "You Can't Resist It"
Midnight Caller TV Series lyrics - 1 episode, 1991 music - 1 episode, 1991
Sibling Rivalry 1990 performer: "If I Were the Man You Wanted" / writer: "If I Were the Man You Wanted"
State of Grace 1990 performer: "I Loved You Yesterday" / writer: "I Loved You Yesterday"
Always 1989 performer: "COWBOY MAN" / writer: "COWBOY MAN"
Miami Vice 1989 TV Series performer - 1 episode
Major League 1989 performer: "Cryin' Shame" / producer: "Cryin' Shame" / writer: "Cryin' Shame"
Sapphire Man 1988 Short performer: "If I Had a Boat" / writer: "If I Had a Boat"
22nd Annual Country Music Association Awards 1988 TV Special performer: "Traveling Down the Same Road Those Who Came Before"
Britain's Got Talent 2015 TV Series performer - 1 episode
Britain's Got More Talent 2015 TV Series performer - 1 episode
Still Alice 2014 performer: "If I Had A Boat" / writer: "If I Had A Boat"
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 2010-2012 TV Series performer - 4 episodes
The Broken Circle Breakdown 2012 writer: "Cowboy Man"
The Marty Stuart Show TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2012 writer - 1 episode, 2012
No me la puc treure del cap 2012 TV Series performer - 1 episode
Friends with Kids 2011 performer: "Make It Happy" / writer: "Make It Happy"
Late Show with David Letterman TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2009 writer - 1 episode, 2009
Later... With Jools Holland 2009 TV Series performer - 1 episode
True Blood TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2009 writer - 1 episode, 2009

Actor

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Bridge 2013-2014 TV Series Monte P. Flagman
Angels Sing 2013 Griffin
Castle 2010 TV Series Agent Westfield
The Open Road 2009 Peabody Bartender
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 2007 Lyle Lovett
Three Days of Rain 2002 Disc Jockey
The New Guy 2002 Bear
Mad About You 1995-1999 TV Series Lenny
Cookie's Fortune 1999 Manny Hood
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 1998 Road Person
The Opposite of Sex 1998 Sheriff Carl Tippett
Breast Men 1997 TV Movie Research Scientist
Bastard Out of Carolina 1996 Wade
Ready to Wear 1994 Clint Lammeraux
Short Cuts 1993 Andy Bitkower
The Player 1992 Detective DeLongpre
Beyond the Groove 1990 TV Series
Bill: On His Own 1983 TV Movie Singer at beach

Music Department

Music Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Man in Red Bandana 2017 Documentary musician completed
Dr. T & the Women 2000 music producer / musician: guitar

Composer

Composer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
It's Not Big It's Large 2007 Video documentary
Dr. T & the Women 2000

Director

Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
It's Not Big It's Large 2007 Video documentary

Producer

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
It's Not Big It's Large 2007 Video documentary producer

Thanks

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
South of Wawa 1991 thanks

Self

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Harry 2016 TV Series Himself
Austin City Limits 1997-2015 TV Series documentary Himself
Country: Portraits of an American Sound 2015 Documentary Himself
Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years 2014 Himself
Late Show with David Letterman 1994-2014 TV Series Himself / Himself - Musical Guest / Himself - Guest
Altman 2014 Documentary Himself
Live with Kelly and Michael 2007-2014 TV Series Himself - Musical Guest / Himself
Penton: The John Penton Story 2014 Documentary Narrator (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson 2007-2014 TV Series Himself - Musical Guest
Conan 2014 TV Series Himself - Musical Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1992-2014 TV Series Himself / Himself - Musical Guest
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon 2012 TV Series Himself
The Marty Stuart Show 2012 TV Series Himself - Special Guest
Buddy Holly: Listen to Me - The Ultimate Buddy Party 2011 TV Movie Himself
In Performance at the White House Country Music 2011 TV Special Singer
Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... 2010 TV Series Himself
Aggies: The True Story of Texas A&M 2009 Documentary voice
For the Sake of the Song: The Story of Anderson Fair 2009 Documentary Himself
The Hour 2009 TV Series Himself
Live from Abbey Road 2009 TV Series Himself
CMT Star Crossed 2009 TV Series Himself
Later... With Jools Holland 2009 TV Series Himself
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien 2009 TV Series Himself - Musical Guest
The Dakota Sessions 2009 TV Series Himself
Texas Monthly Talks 2008 TV Series Himself - Interviewee
The 50th Annual Grammy Awards 2008 TV Special Himself - Presenter
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts 2007 TV Special Himself
Brothers & Sisters 2007 TV Series Himself
Ellen's Really Big Show 2007 TV Movie Himself
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2003-2007 TV Series Himself
Tavis Smiley 2007 TV Series Himself
Late Night with Conan O'Brien 1999-2007 TV Series Himself
It's Not Big It's Large 2007 Video documentary Himself
Bodacious Boots 2007 Documentary Himself
Remember the Alamo Concert 2007 Video
Paul Simon: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song 2007 TV Special Performer
CMT Crossroads 2005 TV Series Himself
McEnroe 2004 TV Series Himself
Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt 2004 Documentary Himself
Lost Highway 2003 TV Mini-Series documentary Narrator
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts 2003 TV Special Himself
Live by Request: Lyle Lovett 2003 TV Special Performer
Breakfast with Hunter 2003 Documentary Himself (voice)
Our Country 2003 Documentary short Himself
Willie Nelson & Friends: Live and Kickin' 2003 TV Special Himself
Soundstage 2003 TV Series documentary Himself
Hunter Goes to Hollywood 2003 Video documentary short Himself
Last Stand of the Tallgrass Prairie 2001 TV Movie documentary Host
Kinky Friedman: Proud to Be an Asshole from El Paso 2001 Documentary Himself
Dharma & Greg 2000 TV Series Himself
The Best of Sessions at West 54th, Volume 2 2000 Video Himself
An All-Star Tribute to Johnny Cash 1999 TV Special documentary Himself - Performer
Asleep at the Wheel: The Making of 'Ride with Bob' 1999 TV Movie Himself
Charlie Rose 1999 TV Series Himself - Guest
Sin City Spectacular 1999 TV Series Himself
Where Music Meets Film: Live from Sundance 1999 TV Movie documentary Himself
Not in Our Name: Dead Man Walking - The Concert 1998 Video documentary Himself
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts 1998 TV Movie documentary Himself
Behind the Music 1998 TV Series documentary Himself
Roger Miller Remembered 1998 TV Special Himself
The Rhythm of Life 1997 TV Series documentary Himself
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts 1996 TV Special documentary Himself
VH1 Storytellers 1996 TV Series documentary Himself
Lyle Lovett: Going Home 1996 TV Movie Himself
The 68th Annual Academy Awards 1996 TV Special Himself - Performer: 'You've Got a Friend'
1995 MLB All-Star Game 1995 TV Special Himself - American National Anthem
The 1995 ESPY Awards 1995 TV Special Himself
28th Annual Country Music Association Awards 1994 TV Special Himself - Performer
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country 1993 Documentary Himself
MTV Video Music Awards 1993 1993 TV Special Himself - Presenter
Late Night with David Letterman 1988-1993 TV Series Himself / Himself - Guest
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-0 1993 TV Special documentary Himself
The Wild West 1993 TV Mini-Series documentary
The 35th Annual Grammy Awards 1993 TV Special Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1989-1992 TV Series Himself - Musical Guest
The Full Moon Show 1992 TV Series documentary Himself
24th Annual Country Music Association Awards 1990 TV Special Himself - Performer
CBS This Morning 1989 TV Series Himself
The 31st Annual Grammy Awards 1989 TV Special Himself
22nd Annual Country Music Association Awards 1988 TV Special Himself - Performer
Wired 1988 TV Series Himself - Performer
The 23rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards 1988 TV Special Himself
Mike's Talent Show 1987 TV Movie Himself - Singer
Farm Aid '87 1987 TV Special Himself

Archive Footage

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Entertainment Tonight 2015 TV Series Himself
No me la puc treure del cap 2012 TV Series Himself
Biography 2008 TV Series documentary Himself
CMT Crossroads 2006 TV Series Himself
Singing Songwriters 2004 Video Himself
Mad About You 1996 TV Series Lenny

Nominated awards

Nominated awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovieAward shared with
2005 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Country Vocal Performance - Male For the song "In My Own Mind."
1992 Grammy Grammy Awards Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television Switch (1991)


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#Quote
1 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!
2 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.
3 It's difficult to get started-when it comes to dealing with an unknown quantity, people are reluctant to trust their own opinion. It helps if two or three people give you a boost.
4 Somehow you can tell the difference when a song is written just to get on the radio and when what someone does is their whole life. That comes through in Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Willie Nelson. There is no separating their life from their music.
5 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.
6 It's important to be successful enough to be able to keep doing what you love.
7 It's really a lot easier to write about things that are problematic. Who wants to hear how happy you are?
8 Singing your own songs is all about individual expression.
9 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.
10 Fortunately, I've never had a job.
11 I am limited by what I can think of to do-my choices are not so great.
12 I don't feel like I'm on a mission. I'm trying to play music that I like to play and like to listen to.
13 I played guitar when I was young and never really considered it as a way to make a living.
14 I'm really in no danger of being perceived as a famous movie actor!


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