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You have to be really good to get away with smashing a guitar.

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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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Good
Smashing
Guitar
Away

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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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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!
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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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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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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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Home is where my horse is.
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When you have a solid upbringing and a strong sense of place, that sustains you. My sense of home never leaves me.
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That's right, you're not from Texas. But Texas wants you anyways.
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