It's really a lot easier to write about things that are problematic. Who wants to hear how happy you are?
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Both my parents worked, so I was home alone a lot, and I would listen to their records. They belonged to the Columbia House record club, so they had records!Lyle Lovett
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.
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I played guitar when I was young and never really considered it as a way to make a living.
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Fortunately, I've never had a job.
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Upon marying actress Julia Roberts 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.'
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