Lyle Lovett Quotes & Sayings

“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.”

“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.”

“It's important to be successful enough to be able to keep doing what you love.”

“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.”

“Dad often told me, 'My job is to help my boss do his job and make him look good.' That was my dad's objective. Everything about the way he conducted himself was to communicate support for his superiors and respect for his coworkers. The way he dressed was his starting point in that communication.”

“The most important thing you can do as a performer is to be yourself, or be an onstage version of yourself. If you're not being true to yourself, and somebody likes that other version of you, you're kind of stuck.”

“When I first was trying to play the clubs around Houston to start playing my own songs, songwriters like Eric Taylor and Vince Bell and Townes Van Zandt and Don Sanders were just really encouraging to me and would let me sit in with them during their sets and introduce me to the person that owned and booked the club.”

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

“Singing your own songs is all about individual expression.”

“Fortunately, I've never had a job.”