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Home is where my horse is.

Lyle Lovett

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Lyle Lovett
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: November 1
Actor
Film Actor
Record Producer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Television Actor
Houston
Texas
Lyle Pearce Lovett
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I don't know what it is about the shower that generates creative thoughts. Maybe it's the hot water. Maybe it's being unencumbered even by the restriction of clothing.
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I've been lucky to be able to make the records I've wanted to make. The record company has never pressured me to cut certain songs.
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I don't ever try to anticipate my audience. I just write the songs I want to write, and hope people like 'em.
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That's right, you're not from Texas. But Texas wants you anyways.
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It's important to be successful enough to be able to keep doing what you love.
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It's difficult to get started-when it comes to dealing with an unknown quantity, people are reluctant to trust their own opinion. It helps if two or three people give you a boost.
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I enjoyed hearing people do their own songs. I became attracted to singer-songwriters. I became interested in them as people was curious about what they wanted to say.
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I've always thought that writing isn't really that hard. It's having a good idea that's hard.
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I'm a very lucky man. I get to do the thing I want most in life, write songs and sing them for people, and ride bikes. I love my family. I love my home. I get to work with people I've admired my whole life. It's a pretty good life.
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Everybody's career is different. In this new age of being able to talk to the whole world at once, the possibilities are staggering, really, to be able to do things yourself. But I've always enjoyed my relationship with the record company.
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I'm really in no danger of being perceived as a famous movie actor!
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My favorite Aggie joke? I'm sorry I don't understand the question
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I like my audience. I always feel when up on stage performing that I could enjoy having a cup of coffee with any one of them.
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Fortunately, I've never had a job
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If you forget the words to your own song, you can always claim artistic license. Forget the words to the national anthem and you're screwed.
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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.
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Horses teach you patience and how to do things the right way so you can get the right result.
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My music has always been sort of in-between categories. Sometimes record stores - back when there were record stores - they'd put my records in the country music section, but other record stores would put my records in the pop or even the rock section. As long as it's in the store somewhere, I'm OK with it.
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Beyond hoping that someone will like one of my songs, I don't think about how a song will be received. I just hope that, when somebody hears one of my songs, they'll want to hear it again.
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The most important thing you can do as a performer is to be yourself, or be an onstage version of yourself. If youre not being true to yourself, and somebody likes that other version of you, youre kind of stuck.
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