Lyle Lovett Quotes
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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I love people with strong convictions, because we are living in a very PC world. You can't crack a joke without it being in the headlines.
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I always knew I had a voice and I've always known I could sing, but I was too shy to let it come out. I think it's the hardest thing to do, to sing in front of people. When I finally let go and did it, I realized it's what I'm most talented at and what I love to do the most.
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You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
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There seem to be many causes of depression. One cause is profound loss, grief. Economic hardship we know is linked to depression. We don't have a full picture.
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I don't like allegories.
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For any couple, once you delve into the idea of non-monogamy, you're entering pretty frightening territory.
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The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.
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When I began I thought that literature was contained within a bubble that somehow floated above the world commented upon by newspapers. But I became more and more interested in trying to include some of that world within my work.
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I don't think there's anything worse than your parents being alive and telling you to go give them some money and just act like they're dead.
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A black dress is beautiful! It's a good choice. It could be the wrong choice at certain events or situations, but it's very rare that you see a girl who looks bad in a black dress.
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Being attractive, it's not something I do consciously. It's incredibly flattering that people think I appeal to women. But that was a gift from my parents.
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I'm having a vacation, and it's so beautiful, and maybe I'll never get another film idea in my life.
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The hardest thing about writing, for me, is facing the blank page.
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Charter schools have a far higher proportion of teachers who are not certified.
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I feel like I'm meant to be a mom.
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Some directors cast you because they trust you to do the performance - but then they forget to direct you.
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Adam Smith pointed out that there were three things that make us more prosperous, in a general sort of way: freedom to pursue our own self-interest; specialization, which he called division of labor; and freedom of trade.
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It's not about retro or modern, it's about this note or that note, which sounds better?
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I like when people know who they are, know their limitations and what they want to do. It's the same thing for me.
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The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.
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...I was born lazy. I am no lazier now than I was forty years ago, but that is because I reached the limit forty years ago. You can't go beyond possibility.
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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.
