Rodney Crowell Quotes

I was trying to do the same thing that I always do which is make an interesting record.

I think that what I'm interested with is the creative side of music-making, rather than all the travelling.

I get very deep into the writing and recording process.

There's many, many ways to write a song. But generally, sitting down at a table and writing is not one of them.

Songs are not on a conveyor belt. I'm not chopping them up and putting them out.

It takes so much energy and time to make one song perfect.

Recording and performing 'Replay' was a learning process throughout, as we focused on the details.

I waited until the end of the 'Behold Electric Guitar' recording sessions to record 'A Herd of Turtles,' as I knew the unusual arrangement might raise some eyebrows.

Jeff always had a huge part in making a song a record. You felt like you were capturing lightning in the studio. It was never boring. He always was there to serve the song.

I'm not one for walking the beaches humming a melody. I love the discipline of sitting in the studio, writing and listening. That is my domain.

I'll have the music, and then I'll just turn the microphone on, press Play and Record and sing. And whatever comes out ends up being the melody.

I go in and sing the song and arrange it and mix it and that's it. It's no different than playing in clubs.

For the most part, I like to record music as I write it.

The creative part for me is making songs, and that's what I really love the most, and that's what I've always done for every band I've ever had.

My approach to recording and all that is pretty organic. It just has to do with all the songs I wrote; go in and record them.

An instrumental album is something I've been wanting to do for a long time.

I wrote 'Despacito' with my guitar, but where you can tweak a lot is in the production.

It's rare when you stumble upon this amazing melody. We'd love to make a 'Let Me Love You' every time we go into the studio, but it's definitely a special one.

I think it's down to our songs - we've always made sure every song on every album works.

I think, now that I've been writing songs in general, whether it's for the group or for me, I definitely feel like I got a little trigger happy, because it was so exciting to have production and create and put a lot in there.

When I make an album I love to spend a long time making it and put my heart and soul into it.

When I was about 14, I got a tacky keyboard for 250 pounds and put on a drum machine and found I could write a song.

What's cool about making music is when you create a record, it comes from somewhere.

Everyone thought my first album would be instrumental, but I didn't want to do it - it took me eight months to make.

For us, we make a song, and if we like it, it goes on a record.