Being a good songwriter means paying attention and sticking your hand out the window to catch the song on the way to someone else’s house! Nanci Griffith
You can’t write about stuff you don’t know about. You have to live it. You have to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty. Live life to be a good songwriter. Dierks Bentley
I listen to the radio and I like all kinds of music, you know, but I like to hear from people who have been there. Hank Williams has been there. Leonard Cohen
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