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" If someone gives you a belt buckle, it's like a piece of jewelry. It has the same sort of emotional significance. It would be something you would intend to keep forever. "

Lyle Lovett

You

Jewelry

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

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Lyle Lovett

Work

Teachers

" My parents worked for Exxon, and they gave me every chance to take part in music. I took guitar lessons, and I was in the choir at school. "

Lyle Lovett

Chance

School

" I enjoyed hearing people do their own songs. I became attracted to singer-songwriters. I became interested in them as people; was curious about what they wanted to say. "

" It's difficult to get started-when it comes to dealing with an unknown quantity, people are reluctant to trust their own opinion. It helps if two or three people give you a boost. "

" 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. "

" My music has always been sort of in between categories. Sometimes record stores - back when there were record stores - they'd put my records in the country music section, but other record stores would put my records in the pop or even the rock section. As long as it's in the store somewhere, I'm OK with it. "

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

" It's important to be successful enough to be able to keep doing what you love. "

" 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. "

" In school, I didn't speak up often in class. I was never the person to yell out an answer. If I knew it, I might whisper it to my buddy and let him answer. I kept quiet. "

" 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. "

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

" 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

Lucky

Company

" I'm not really a competitive person, and I'm not naturally comfortable in front of people. "

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

Lyle Lovett

Choices

Think

" Both my parents worked, so I was home alone a lot, and I would listen to their records. They belonged to the Columbia House record club, so they had records! "

" 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. "

" The first time I toured with the 'Large Band' in 1988, I got so tired. If I just stood still anywhere, I could go to sleep. I was that tired. But I had to perform. And I did, and after that tour, I was much less fretful about going out onstage. "

Lyle Lovett

Tired

Sleep

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

Lyle Lovett

Always

Been

" 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. "

" My first performance was in second grade with my friend Rodney Fisher, and we worked up versions of 'Long Tall Texan' and 'I Want to Hold Your Hand.' It gave me a little early confidence that I could actually do this music thing. "