144 Quotes by Rodney Crowell

Pretty much any artist that I know of that has found that mentor status, if they're generous and okay to bestow a bit of mentor-type information, it's do what you feel, not what you think.

I feel like I'm a realized artist, but hey, the good news is I can get better, and I'm going to continue to aim for that.

I wrote a song a good long while ago, 'I Ain't Livin' Long Like This,' that has been around and been recorded by a lot of people, but it was basically childhood memory.

Life can be either of two things: What it makes of you or what you make of it.

My mother was an oral storyteller. She would tell stories over and over again.

As a songwriter, metaphor is instinctual.

I read Nabakov for style, Mary Karr for heart and resonance of where I come from. She's from the same part of the world that I'm from. Cormac McCarthy and Hemingway, to read the masters.

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.

My mother met my father at a Roy Acuff concert.