Lyle Lovett Quotes

I've always made music from the heart, and that's what I do.

If it doesn't come from your heart, music just doesn't work.

I have always made music with passion, love and honesty.

You can play a shoestring if you're sincere.

I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth and integrity for those who practise it honestly, decently and with all their being.

I think good music comes from the heart. That's my belief.

If you look at someone like Joe Strummer or John Lennon, when you heard their music you knew that they wrote it and they cared about it.

As a songwriter, it's very hard to listen to music that's not coming from the heart and soul, personally.

The greatest music is made for love, not for money.

Truth is the number one element in whatever you do with music.

I've always felt that if I ever got cynical, I would have to stop making music because I'd just be poisoning the air.

I think the key for any kind of artist - and this transcends music - is a certain degree of authenticity and sincerity.

I do think there's a difference when you see a book where you can tell the creator's doing something they really love or are really passionate about as opposed to an artist or a writer who is just doing a particular job or trying to sell a product or trying to cash in on a popular trend.

Before the money or anything, number one, it was just to put out real music, real stuff with a passion, real art.

People don't really need to question our sincerity when it comes to our songs.

I realized music is the most important thing to me and I love writing songs, and I think I had more to say in life.

That's one thing I can't lose: I can't lose the realness in my music.

If you make music with business in your head, it'll show. I make it from the heart. There's a difference.

I wanna make music that I feel proud of when I'm onstage, that I feel like I put my all into.

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.

I got into this business because I like acting and I want to make movies. I would be happy living the rest of my life never famous.

I'm not a big equipment guy; I think that people are a little bit shocked by that. I really don't care about gear in general. I care about people and their intentions to make music - it doesn't matter what equipment you have.

If one uses music that one does not really love, then one will not succeed in making it one's own.

I want that every piece of art be honest, never mind what it is about.

Music is not simply an orchestration of something, but it's also not something as trivial as honesty.