Dwight Yoakam Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
When it comes to production and the overall sound, I don't really have a lot of intentions with it. I start off with melody and a lyrical idea, and then build off of that story.
-
Food production has affected the environment more than any other activity humans have engaged in. Humanity devotes more land to food production than anything else - roughly a third of the surface area of the earth, much of which was once forest but has been converted by humans into farms or grazing lands.
-
What I've learned is that people have a desire to talk after the first line of reporters go away, and they are no longer speaking out of shock.
-
Celine Dion is my major inspiration.
-
You always hear 'black Republican,' but you never hear 'white Democrat.' We've got to get beyond the labels and stereotypes. Other people have hang-ups about it. I don't.
-
The key is allowing your partner to be who they are and not having expectations that really have nothing to do with the person you married.
-
I'm kind of a sucker for the retro-diagnoses.
-
I also use women as a sex object; maybe I'm kinky. However, I like to talk to them as well.
-
Americans are not saving enough for retirement.
-
Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.
-
If you look at a lot of the songs I've been involved in, there's always been this retro vibe. I started getting worried that I wasn't moving forward very much, nor was I even in tune with the music today. I almost scoffed at it.
-
I was a normal American nerd.
-
I try to just talk about human stories and what I think about religion or teapots or whatever.
-
I make the music my ears want to hear, I wear the clothes my body wants to wear and the ones boys call me back for, and I generally make the songs that my feet dance to.
-
I've never walked away from any of my positions. I take pride in them.
-
Genetically, I'm like my mum, and she looked great right up until her death in 1989.
-
I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.
-
It's interesting: in the late '80s, there was this really random mix of new wave, industrial, and these early house records. And a lot of it was coming out of Chicago because of Wax Trax! So I always visited Wax Trax Records.
-
Slavery is something that is all too often swept under the carpet. The shame doesn't even belong to us, but we still experience it because we're a part of the African race. If it happened to one, it happened to all. We carry that burden.
-
I still when I wake up hit the ground running; and having an illness, I'm only one of hundreds of thousands of people that live with an illness, and I'm just in awe of the bravery and dignity of the people I see at the hospital.
-
Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
-
There is no question that chemical weapons attacks are a heinous abuse of humanity and power. But to assume that military strikes are an effective retribution for the crime committed is wrong.
-
One element of Madonna's career that really takes center stage is how many times she's reinvented herself. It's easier to stay in one look, one comfort zone, one musical style. It's inspiring to see someone whose only predictable quality is being unpredictable.
-
I live out of cans a lot. But I try to indulge only in healthy canned food.
