“When your dad is a country music fan and you take long car trips, you become one too.” LongCountryFansCarDadYour DadMusic FansCountry Music Fans Author:Chip Esten
“Doing a scene truthfully is very similar to doing a song truthfully. They're really parallel.” SongSceneParallels Author:Chip Esten
“Elvis Costello's song writing is so peerless and individualistic. It's storytelling and it's deeply intelligent and clever.” WritingSongIntelligentCleverStorytellingIndividualistic Author:Chip Esten
“Now that I'm in 'Nashville,' the thing that I'm loving the most is co-writing. You walk into the room and you shake hands with someone you've never met before and you walk out four hours later and you've got this thing... sharing ideas and everything, it's almost magical, like a miracle.” WritingIdeasHandsHoursWalksRoomsFourMetsMiracleShakesNashvilleSharing Ideas Author:Chip Esten
“'Nashville' songs and country music have always been about storytelling and about the heart and confessionals. They're monologues.” HeartCountrySongStorytellingNashvilleMonologues Author:Chip Esten
