Lyle Lovett Quotes

That's right, you're not from Texas. But Texas wants you anyways.

If it's not too late, make it a cheese-burger

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.

What would we do if we didn't try? We have to try.

I've never been ready to do a single thing I've ever done in my life. I haven't been prepared enough, haven't studied enough, haven't known enough. You can never be ready. There's just so much to know.

Barbecue sauce is like a beautiful woman. If it's too sweet, it's bound to be hiding something.

When you have a solid upbringing and a strong sense of place, that sustains you. My sense of home never leaves me.

Look around and you will see this world is full of creeps like me.

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.

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.

It's true that I did get the girl, but then my grandfather always said, Even a blind chicken finds a few grains of corn now and then.

Man, I need to impress her, cause I'd like to undress her.

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

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.

If Ford is to Chevrolet what Dodge is to Chrysler, what Corn Flakes are to Post Toasties, what the clear blue sky is to the deep blue sea, what Hank Williams is to Neil Armstrong - can you doubt we were made for each other?

I don't know where creativity comes from, but I think everybody has the ability to be creative. I think what's important about creativity starts when you're very young and how we're allowed to experience our imagination. The people who bring us up and teach us are fundamental in either encouraging creativity or discourging creativity. My imagination was always encouraged.

My favorite Aggie joke? I'm sorry I don't understand the question

I like my audience. I always feel when up on stage performing that I could enjoy having a cup of coffee with any one of them.

I'm a very lucky man. I get to do the thing I want most in life, write songs and sing them for people, and ride bikes. I love my family. I love my home. I get to work with people I've admired my whole life. It's a pretty good life.

Everybody's career is different. In this new age of being able to talk to the whole world at once, the possibilities are staggering, really, to be able to do things yourself. But I've always enjoyed my relationship with the record company.

I'm really just trying to do things that I enjoy. I'm trying to play music that I like to play and like to listen to. I just have to think if I like those different kinds of music, there are other people who aren't so different from me.

Beyond hoping that someone will like one of my songs, I don't think about how a song will be received. I just hope that, when somebody hears one of my songs, they'll want to hear it again.

Home is where my horse is.

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.

She was ugly from the front, and I said ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly. Well, I could handle it behind her.