Quotes from Rodney Crowell

It varies from song to song, but melody was always easy for me.

It evoked Picasso and Miles Davis for me — two great artists who totally indulged themselves in their work and who they were, but they certainly didn't give a damn what other people thought.

I read Nabakov for style, Mary Karr for heart and resonance of where I come from. She's from the same part of the world that I'm from. Cormac McCarthy and Hemingway, to read the masters.

The beautiful despair is never fruitless. It keeps you going. Like when I first heard Bob Dylan do 'Things Have Changed,' or any time I see any work of art really beautifully done, like Michelangelo's 'The David' or that movie 'Lost in Translation' - it inspires me to try and find my own version of that.

If you're dedicated, if it's something that lives and breathes in your heart, then you've simply got to go ahead and do it.

I don't think I can create anything of lasting value unless it comes from the heart.

I have declared my loyalty to Americana.