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Rodney Crowell
Algerian Musician
Born: Aug 7, 1950
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My mother was an oral storyteller. She would tell stories over and over again. Rodney Crowell
Mother Tell Would Over She Oral Stories Again Storyteller
I'm a pretty successful songwriter and known in some circles, but I didn't think the story of my career was of any real entertainment value. Rodney Crowell
Entertainment Value Think Circles Some Pretty Songwriter Known Real Any Story Successful Career
My mother met my father at a Roy Acuff concert. Rodney Crowell
Mother Father Met Concert Roy
Over the years, I've come to realize that writing 'I Ain't Living Long Like This' was an exercise in combined musical influence, mostly that of Hank Williams, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, the Beatles, and Bob Dylan - artists no one has ever heard of. Rodney Crowell
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For me, my career has never been about what I've done. But it's been about becoming, achieving, and pushing myself further. Rodney Crowell
Myself Me Further About Never Pushing Becoming Been Done Achieving Career
Invariably, collaboration leads to new forms of self-expression and to the things that move you. Rodney Crowell
You Collaboration Invariably Leads New Self-Expression New Forms Move Forms Things
I concern myself with timelessness all the time. If you're not swinging for museum quality, your mind is not in the right place. It doesn't mean you get there, but at least it's the intent. Rodney Crowell
Time Myself You Quality Mind Right Place Concern Least Timelessness Get Intent Place Mean Your Swinging Right Museum
As a poet, Will Rogers just had this natural conversational style. Rodney Crowell
Natural Will Poet Style Had Rogers Just Conversational
The old handbook on writing is 'Write what you know.' I come from an autobiographical starting place almost all of the time, but it would be a mistake to presume that I'm not using fiction to extend the narrative. Rodney Crowell
Time You Mistake Writing Old Presume Would Would-Be Write Almost Almost All Come Know Narrative Handbook Autobiographical Fiction Place Using Extend Starting
As an artist, one of the ingredients to doing good work is self-awareness, and that's something I cultivate. Rodney Crowell
Work Good Good Work Something Self-Awareness Doing Doing Good Cultivate Artist Ingredients
It varies from song to song, but melody was always easy for me. Rodney Crowell
Me Song Melody Easy Varies Always
As a creative individual, I really go out of my way to avoid the corporate scene in terms of songwriting. If the first question is how much money is it going to make, I'm going to be in trouble anyway. Rodney Crowell
Creative Money Trouble First Corporate Way Out Scene Individual Songwriting Terms Make How How Much How Much Money Go Question Going Anyway Much Really Avoid
Whether they are actual poets or their music exemplifies a poetic sensibility, generally speaking, the Americana artist shuns commercial compromise in favor of a singular vision. Which resonates with me. Rodney Crowell
Music Me Vision Resonates Favor Compromise Poetic Poets Generally Singular Commercial Artist Sensibility Whether Which Speaking Americana Actual
That young man that I was in 1988 - I was insecure. Besides making good music, I wanted to be cool; I wanted to be accepted and stuff. Rodney Crowell
Music Good Man Young Good Music Insecure Besides Stuff Accepted Making Wanted Young Man Cool
My people came from western Tennessee and western Kentucky. Rodney Crowell
People Tennessee Came Western Kentucky
The '90s weren't my finest years artistically. I wrote some good songs in there, but in terms of my vision of getting the paint on the canvas, that was not my best time. I didn't like the fact that I had fallen into mediocrity. Rodney Crowell
Time Best Good Vision Mediocrity Best Time Some Finest Fact Had Songs Like Terms Wrote Fallen Were Years Getting Canvas Paint
When I was doing something on someone else's dime, I was inclined to try to anticipate what they wanted. I knew that wasn't what an artist was supposed to do. In funding my own music, I found my voice. Rodney Crowell
Music Try Own Else Dime Someone Something My Own Voice Knew Supposed Doing Anticipate Artist Wanted Inclined Found Funding
I'm under-appreciated, of course. Rodney Crowell
Course
To be earning a living as an artist at any time, any place is kinda the ultimate gift that you can receive from the universe, and I'm very much aware of that. I get to do exactly what I want to do. Rodney Crowell
Time You Gift Living Universe Earning Kinda Exactly Exactly What Ultimate Very Get Any Artist Want Place Much Aware Receive
I'm very grateful that I was given the ability to create. Rodney Crowell
Grateful Ability Given Very Create
I think, back in the '80s when I was having hits all the time, I took it for granted. Rodney Crowell
Time Think Took Back Having Hits Granted
My parents were sharecrop farm kids with no education - seventh, eighth grade. Rodney Crowell
Education Parents Farm Seventh Kids Were Grade Eighth Eighth Grade
To me, Hank Williams is the first rock-and-roll star. Rodney Crowell
Me First Williams Hank Hank Williams Star
Collaboration is a vital part of my creative life. I've had success with Guy Clark and Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash. Rodney Crowell
Life Success Creative Collaboration Clark Vital Cash Guy Johnny Johnny Cash Had Part Creative Life
Certainly, writing a book was challenging. It took me a long time to learn how to do it. It took me seven years to get a sense of how to wean myself off the process and trickery of songwriting. You realize that giant metaphors work in songs because you have so few words. Standing alone on a page, they threaten to be overblown in a hurry. Rodney Crowell
Work Alone Time Myself Me You Book Writing Words Long Long Time Few Sense Took Seven Giant Trickery Hurry Threaten Songs Songwriting Learn Because How Metaphors Years Off Get Process Realize Page Certainly Standing Standing Alone Challenging
I will say this: I've always sort of had maybe an inflated sense of my ability to sequence songs in a narrative flow. Rodney Crowell
Will Sense Say Ability Had Songs Sort Narrative Always Inflated Maybe Sequence Flow
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