Shane McAnally Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“West Hollywood blew my mind: gay men walking down the street, kissing and holding hands. I'd never imagined there was a place like that.”

“When I stopped hiding who I am, I started writing hits.”

“When something works on a huge level, everybody does it.”

“If the right idea comes up, and it feels true to talk about somebody being in a truck, and that's the only way to tell the story, then I will reluctantly tell the story that way.”

“One of the greatest tools you have as a songwriter is anonymity. If someone knows too much about the songwriter, they don't get to insert their own characters. I don't want the audience thinking about the gay guy who wrote the song.”

“The truth is, I probably would be dead if I had become a star, because at that point I was so closeted and so afraid of people of finding out I was gay. There was no telling what would have happened.”

“We'll set up a demo session and try to knock out eight or ten songs and make them sound as close as we can to a record with the money and time we have.”