Algerian - Musician | August 7, 1950 -
I'm a vulnerable guy.
Rodney Crowell
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Pretty much any artist that I know of that has found that mentor status, if they're generous and okay to bestow a bit of mentor-type information, it's do what you feel, not what you think.
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I feel like I'm a realized artist, but hey, the good news is I can get better, and I'm going to continue to aim for that.
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I wrote a song a good long while ago, 'I Ain't Livin' Long Like This,' that has been around and been recorded by a lot of people, but it was basically childhood memory.
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My mother was an oral storyteller. She would tell stories over and over again.
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I'm a pretty successful songwriter and known in some circles, but I didn't think the story of my career was of any real entertainment value.
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My mother met my father at a Roy Acuff concert.
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The beautiful despair is never fruitless. It keeps you going. Like when I first heard Bob Dylan do 'Things Have Changed,' or any time I see any work of art really beautifully done, like Michelangelo's 'The David' or that movie 'Lost in Translation' - it inspires me to try and find my own version of that.
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Over the years, I've come to realize that writing 'I Ain't Living Long Like This' was an exercise in combined musical influence, mostly that of Hank Williams, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, the Beatles, and Bob Dylan - artists no one has ever heard of.
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For me, my career has never been about what I've done. But it's been about becoming, achieving, and pushing myself further.
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Collaboration allows me to challenge myself to find a new passion for music.
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I concern myself with timelessness all the time. If you're not swinging for museum quality, your mind is not in the right place. It doesn't mean you get there, but at least it's the intent.
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