American - Musician | October 12, 1974 -
I always loved Willie Nelson, but I loved the songs that Willie made famous.
Shane McAnally
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I wake up every day thinking, 'I just can't do it anymore.' There's nothing left to say, and I'm completely dry. And then I get in the room with somebody and they say the right thing, and I'm on again.
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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.
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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.
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When I stopped hiding who I am, I started writing hits.
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The Nashville Network, that's all I would watch as a kid.
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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.
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I'm a commercial-minded songwriter. I'm here to make a living and be on the radio.
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I have a hard time being happy, and I think a lot of creative people suffer with that when life gets real happy.
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I'm a creative person who had a lot of dark time in my life. I can still get to it: I can still go to a relationship or a time when things weren't great. But it's getting further and further from me.
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It only took me six months to get a record deal, but it took me 20 years to have a hit.
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When something works on a huge level, everybody does it.
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