Quotes from Lyle Lovett

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.

Horses teach you patience and how to do things the right way so you can get the right result.

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

A woman comes to a table, and you're supposed to get up. Period. But I don't always do it. In general, you're supposed to do it every time. But sometimes you're seated against the wall, and it's awkward.

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

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

Who keeps on loving you when you've been lying, saying things that ain't what they seem? God does, but I don't. God will, but I won't.

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

Home is where my horse is.

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

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.

I don't feel like I'm on a mission. I'm trying to play music that I like to play and like to listen to.

Women always go through the door first. Even ardent feminists would admit it's nice. It's not an acknowledgment of women as the weaker sex; it's perhaps an acknowledgment of women as the stronger sex.

Wear what you want to wear. Do what you want to do. Be who you are. Pick out your own clothes. Be a man. And if that's too much to ask, as it almost always is for me, think of someone you consider to be a man and pretend to be like him. I pretend to be like my dad.

I sort of cringe when I hear myself say the word 'work.' Getting to do something you love to do never really feels like work.

Every crowd is different. But that's something that I enjoy, and you can feel it in the first few seconds when you walk out on stage. You know, how a crowd is.

I've gotten to work with some wonderful directors and people who have been great teachers to me.

You're saying something with your appearance whether you mean to or not, so you may as well mean to.

Singing your own songs is all about individual expression.

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.

Helen Hunt is terrific, and I got to do a couple of guest spots with Helen and Paul Reiser on 'Mad About You.'

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

Fortunately, I've never had a job.

I've never made a dime from a record sale in the history of my record deal. I've been very happy with my sales, and certainly my audience has been very supportive. I make a living going out and playing shows.