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" I played guitar when I was young and never really considered it as a way to make a living. "

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" Somehow you can tell the difference when a song is written just to get on the radio and when what someone does is their whole life. That comes through in Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Willie Nelson. There is no separating their life from their music. "

" Songwriters aren't always performers, and even performing songwriters aren't always the kind of show-biz performers you think they'd be. "

" You can't second-guess your audience. You can only do what you think is right. If you do that, your audience will appreciate you. "

" Helen Hunt is terrific, and I got to do a couple of guest spots with Helen and Paul Reiser on 'Mad About You.' "

" I don't feel like I'm on a mission. I'm trying to play music that I like to play and like to listen to. "

" You don't have to have anything in common with people you've known since you were five. With old friends, you've got your whole life in common. "

" Horses teach you patience and how to do things the right way so you can get the right result. "

" You're saying something with your appearance whether you mean to or not, so you may as well mean to. "

" I'm really in no danger of being perceived as a famous movie actor! "

" I am limited by what I can think of to do-my choices are not so great. "

" A woman comes to a table, and you're supposed to get up. Period. But I don't always do it. In general, you're supposed to do it every time. But sometimes you're seated against the wall, and it's awkward. "

" Never guess a woman's age. Never guess a woman's weight. Never even talk about weight in front of a woman. And never, ever ask a woman when she's due. "

" Wear what you want to wear. Do what you want to do. Be who you are. Pick out your own clothes. Be a man. And if that's too much to ask, as it almost always is for me, think of someone you consider to be a man and pretend to be like him. I pretend to be like my dad. "

" 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. "

" I've gotten to work with some wonderful directors and people who have been great teachers to me. "

" Singing your own songs is all about individual expression. "

" Tipping your hat to a lady is good form. If you're at a dinner table, you'd most certainly take your hat off - cowboy hat, baseball hat, or otherwise. "

" I've always worked with people who have been supporters of me creatively. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The idea that we humans are good-natured, politically correct, nonjudgmental beings is pure fantasy. We are, at the very least, judgmental. "

" I've just always written songs in a style that appeal to me personally. "

" 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. "

" I sort of cringe when I hear myself say the word 'work.' Getting to do something you love to do never really feels like work. "

" 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. "

" I've always thought that writing isn't really that hard. It's having a good idea that's hard. "

" Growing up, the last thing I ever thought I'd do is be an entertainer. "

" When I first was trying to play the clubs around Houston to start playing my own songs, songwriters like Eric Taylor and Vince Bell and Townes Van Zandt and Don Sanders were just really encouraging to me and would let me sit in with them during their sets and introduce me to the person that owned and booked the club. "

" If you forget the words to your own song, you can always claim artistic license. Forget the words to the national anthem, and you're screwed. "