Records are very powerful promotional tools to go out and be able to play on the road, but you do have to think about it as a way of sustaining itself at some point. Lyle Lovett Read Quote
One of my favorite things is when people will ask for a song that I hadn’t planned to play. It is really fun to see if you can remember something, and you don’t always. I mean, sometimes it’s just crash and burn. Lyle Lovett Read Quote
Every crowd is different. But that’s something that I enjoy, and you can feel it in the first few seconds when you walk out on stage. You know, how a crowd is. Lyle Lovett Read Quote
Songwriters aren’t always performers, and even performing songwriters aren’t always the kind of show-biz performers you think they’d be. Lyle Lovett Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I’ve never made a dime from a record sale in the history of my record deal. I’ve been very happy with my sales, and certainly my audience has been very supportive. I make a living going out and playing shows. Lyle Lovett Read Quote
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 Read Quote
