Shane McAnally Quotes & Sayings

“Nashville is a boys' club of redneck conservative ideas. But they're ready to embrace gay people. I never felt for one second that someone was judging me. Some people are like, 'Oh, I love gay people' in that 'I have lots of black friends' kind of way. It's awkward, but you have to appreciate that they're trying.”

“I'm a creative person who had a lot of dark time in my life. I can still get to it: I can still go to a relationship or a time when things weren't great. But it's getting further and further from me.”

“I always loved Willie Nelson, but I loved the songs that Willie made famous.”

“I have a hard time being happy, and I think a lot of creative people suffer with that when life gets real happy.”

“That internal ache is the starting point of country music. If it's a happy song and I can still feel sad in it? That's my favorite.”

“I wake up every day thinking, 'I just can't do it anymore.' There's nothing left to say, and I'm completely dry. And then I get in the room with somebody and they say the right thing, and I'm on again.”

“I'm a commercial-minded songwriter. I'm here to make a living and be on the radio.”

“It only took me six months to get a record deal, but it took me 20 years to have a hit.”

“Sometimes you just want to write a party song.”

“The Nashville Network, that's all I would watch as a kid.”