American - Musician | October 12, 1974 -
If the right idea comes up, and it feels true to talk about somebody being in a truck, and that's the only way to tell the story, then I will reluctantly tell the story that way.
Shane McAnally
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Sometimes you just want to write a party song.
SongYouPartySometimesWantWrite
Nashville is a boys' club of redneck conservative ideas. But they're ready to embrace gay people. I never felt for one second that someone was judging me. Some people are like, 'Oh, I love gay people' in that 'I have lots of black friends' kind of way. It's awkward, but you have to appreciate that they're trying.
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One of the greatest tools you have as a songwriter is anonymity. If someone knows too much about the songwriter, they don't get to insert their own characters. I don't want the audience thinking about the gay guy who wrote the song.
SongThinkingToolsSomeoneYouGay
That internal ache is the starting point of country music. If it's a happy song and I can still feel sad in it? That's my favorite.
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