“The way to write American music is simple. All you have to do is be an American and then write any kind of music you wish.”
“IF you wish to be a writer then don't wait until you write the "great American novel" for they aren't written they are created. If you don't write at all you won't know how "great" that simple book can be.”
“The Bluesis the roots of all American music.”
“If you do not hear music in your words, you have put too much thought into your writing and not enough heart.”
“If Americans thought music and art belonged together, they wouldn't have the Grammys.”
“Country music is the poetry of the American spirit.”