“The question of what propels artists forward remains a mystery, even to them. I’ve spoken often with James McMurtry over the years, and he tends to shrug off grand explanations. He writes songs. He travels. If he’s lucky, he said, he’ll sing something that someone feels they ought to hear. That modest perspective contains its own kind of wisdom. Songwriters rarely claim to have the answers. Instead, they keep asking questions—about love, loss, identity, and the strange business of being alive.”
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Troubadour Truths: Truth, Songs, and the Long Way Home
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