Rodney Crowell Quotes

I wanted to dismantle any show-business pretense and take this thing straight as a human being... So I said, 'I'm gonna write this, and where I think I'm great, I'm gonna say it, and where I think I'm not, I'm gonna say it. And I'm gonna try to love and accept myself along the way.'

- Rodney Crowell

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I wanted to dismantle any show-business pretense and take this thing straight as a human being... So I said, 'I'm gonna write this, and where I think I'm great, I'm gonna say it, and where I think I'm not, I'm gonna say it. And I'm gonna try to love and accept myself along the way.' - Rodney Crowell