Songwriter Wisdom I

“A song ain’t nothin’ in the world but a story just wrote with music to it.”

Hank Williams, Sr.

“Loving is the only sure road out of darkness, 

the only serum known that cures self-centeredness.”

Rod McKuen

"I am putting to music and words things that angered me and hurt me."

Nanci Griffith

“Country Music is three chords and the truth.”

Harlan Howard

 “It’s hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world.”

Dolly Parton

"I was rolling cars and wrecking motorcycles, drinking and doing everything I could to die early. But it didn't work."

Kris Kristofferson

"Donald heard a mermaid sing,

Susy spied an elf,

But all the magic I have known

I've had to make myself."

Shel Silverstein

I don’t know why I write really depressing songs.

I’m a kind of melancholy guy, I suppose. But I figure I’m about normal.”

Townes Van Zandt