As an artist, one of the ingredients to doing good work is self-awareness, and that’s something I cultivate. Rodney Crowell Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I don’t think I can create anything of lasting value unless it comes from the heart. Rodney Crowell Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
People ask me, ‘What is the mystique of the Texas songwriter?’ Well, we ran barefoot from March until November. I think there’s something about being a barefoot kid that gets you closer to the place – you take root. Rodney Crowell Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I can stitch a song together in about an hour anytime you want, but it won’t have the depth. Rodney Crowell Read Quote
