Spring 2002
Volume IV, Issue I
 

Quotes

Country Wisdom

A few quotes from country songs
and a few country sayings.

Easy's getting harder every day.
- Iris Dement

Sometimes you've got to sing
Like you don't need the money
Sometimes you've got to love
Like you'll never get hurt.
- Susanna Clark

Ain't no money in poetry
And that's what sets the poets free
But I've had all the freedom I can stand.
- Guy Clark

 

Mistakes are only horses in disguise
No use to ride'm over 'cause we couldn't do it different if we tried.
- Guy Clark
Give me half of what killed Elvis
And you can call me King.
- Chris Wall
You're losing all your highs and lows
Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away.
- Eagles (Note: The best description of burnout I've heard)

I just left myself today
I got up and walked away
- Terry Allan

Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a raindance.
- Unknown

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.
- Unknown

Good judgement comes from experience, and
a lot of that comes from bad judgement.
- Unknown

If I'd shot you when I first met you
I'd be out by now.
- Unknown