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Dwight Yoakam
Dwight Yoakam
American Musician
Born: Oct 23, 1956
Been Country Me Music Recording You
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I think actors are at the mercy of the opportunities presented to them. So you kind of have to wait for them to choose you. My music is insular - I can choose that. Dwight Yoakam
Music You Opportunities Wait Mercy Think Kind Insular Them Choose Actor Presented
Musicians exist independent of any of the marketing terms or the categorization. Dwight Yoakam
Musicians Marketing Independent Terms Exist Any
I can't escape being born in Pike County, Kentucky, grandson of a miner, Luther Tibbs, and his wife, Earlene, and traveling as a child up and down Route 23 between Kentucky and Columbus, Ohio, where I was raised, experiencing life via working-class people. Nor do I want to escape. Dwight Yoakam
Life People Wife Down Miner Born Columbus Between County His Nor Up Up And Down Escape Child Via Ohio Being Where Want Experiencing Grandson Working-Class Traveling Route Kentucky Raised Luther
A voice expressing emotion in a musical way moves on. It's like the finale of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - the world turns in on itself, as a universe unto itself, in the shape of one human being. Dwight Yoakam
Human Being World Space Universe Finale Musical Way Voice Emotion Shape Like Unto Odyssey Itself Human Being Moves Movie Turns Expressing
I'll never quit playing country music, or at least acknowledging it, always, as the cornerstone of what I am. Dwight Yoakam
Music Country Cornerstone Never Never Quit Country Music Always Am Least Quit Acknowledging Playing
Control success before it controls you. Dwight Yoakam
Success You Before Control Controls
At the end of the film Val suggests there may be a way to rejoin the living, when he says, 'Let's see if we're able to live among the living, walk among the living.' Dwight Yoakam
Walk Live Living Val Way Says See Able He End May Film Among
Fortunately any of the songs we've recorded can be extremely fulfilling to perform depending on the variety of circumstances that surround any given show. Dwight Yoakam
Extremely Circumstances Recorded Given Variety Songs Perform Surround Any Depending Fulfilling Fortunately Show
I tried to pay some small tribute to A Man and a Woman (1966) with the recurring musical theme. Dwight Yoakam
Man Woman Pay Musical Tribute Tried Some Small Recurring Theme
In the past 3-4 years I've developed a habit of keeping numerous small cassette recorders in my house and in a bag with me so that I'm able to commit to tape memory song ideas on a constant basis. Dwight Yoakam
Me Memory Song Past Numerous Constant Able Small Cassette Habit Developed Bag Ideas House Years Tape Commit In The Past Keeping Basis
It became a metaphor for the lives of the people in this film and for the Old West, for the abandonment that occurred in the early part of the 20th century. Dwight Yoakam
People Old Abandonment Part Became Metaphor Occurred West Century Film Lives Early
It varies from song to song, although Buck Owens and I recently collaborated on writing a duet together and am looking forward with a great deal of anticipation to recording that track for the new studio album. Dwight Yoakam
Great Together Song Writing Great Deal Recording Looking Collaborated Varies Buck Studio New Looking Forward Track Although Deal Am Duet Anticipation Forward Album Recently
It's meant to reaffirm the validity of that music - clean, minimalist, honest, classic music. Dwight Yoakam
Music Validity Minimalist Classic Clean Reaffirm Meant Honest
As a writer, I always tend to take the liberty and the great artistic luxury of a composite form of writing. Dwight Yoakam
Great Writing Liberty Luxury Composite Tend Writer Take Always Artistic Form
The future has a lot to do with the past. Dwight Yoakam
Future Past Lot
My parents were not affluent people and were not - didn't come from the extremities of education. My mother had a high school diploma. I often think I so wish she'd come out of the hills in Appalachia and been able to go on to college. I think she would have made a wonderful teacher. Dwight Yoakam
Education Teacher People Wonderful School Mother Made College Parents Wish Think Out High Would Diploma Able High School Had Come Hills She Go Were Been Affluent Often
However you arrive at the ability to ignore self-doubt - if you can acquire it or possess it or find it or discover it - move beyond self-doubt. Dwight Yoakam
You Possess Find Ability Beyond Self-Doubt Arrive However Discover Move Acquire Ignore
I've always been just kind of consumed by my own thoughts. Dwight Yoakam
Thoughts Own Kind My Own Consumed Always Been Just Just Kind
To me, the hook of the riff is what makes a great guitar recording. It's the backbone of the whole song. When you have a strong riff, it's the rocket fuel for the track. Dwight Yoakam
Great Me You Song Guitar Strong Recording Backbone Hook Track Makes Rocket Fuel Whole Riff

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