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“All those songs are totally timeless. They'll always stand up because they came from a real place. They weren't crafted songs. They were written from the heart.”

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Shooter Jennings

Shooter Jennings, born in May 1979, is a talented singer and songwriter. His musical style blends elements of country, rock, and blues, which has won the favor of his audience. more

“I think it was Tommy who told me, 'When your song is called 'XYZ' or whatever, every line has got to make sense against your title.' He showed me little methods of proving to yourself whether the line belongs, and ways of finding out whether you were able to get more out of a line if you tried.”

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Author:Merle Haggard

“I think the more the listener can contribute to the song, the better; the more they become part of the song, and they fill in the blanks. Rather than tell them everything, you save your details for things that exist. Like what color the ashtray is. How far away the doorway was. So when you're talking about intangible things like emotions, the listener can fill in the blanks and you just draw the foundation.”

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Author:John Prine

“Some of the songs come so fully, it's like they are pre-packaged. There have been a couple that came in the middle of the night. And I thought, jeez, I'll never forget that. And went back to sleep, and it was gone. You'll hear something years later that another songwriter that you respect writes, and you go, jeez, I think that was the remnants of that song that got sent to me.”

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Author:John Prine

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