Guy Clark quotes

There arent any rules, as far as anything-and that applies especially to writing songs, whatever gets the point across. So youre just kind of brought up to feel-in any field, if you say you can do it, do it. There it is. (Guy Clark)
I get pretty much all the exercise I need walking down airport concourses carrying bags. View quote
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I just was apologizing for maybe being a little goofy. View quote
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Ain't no chance if you don't take it. View quote
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I have no reason to sit home and write songs all day without going out and playing for the folks. And I have no reason to go play for the folks unless I'm writing new songs so they can sort of feed off one another. And I just try to do the best I can. View quote
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Mary Gauthier's great. Yeah, we've played a lot of gigs together. She's really wonderful. View quote
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I don't know what the outcome will be. I put a couple away for my grandkids, like that. So I don't know, who knows? Maybe I'll start building guitars for a living. View quote
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Its just something Ive always done. In South Texas, the first guitar you get is a Mexican guitar. And the first one I got, the first thing I did was take it apart. View quote
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I've known Shawn for several years. And he's just an amazing talent. He's a great writer, a marvelous, marvelous guitar player, and plays really good fiddle. View quote
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Things change all the time, and they'll probably never be the same again. It's just the natural evolution of the human condition. Things change, and whatever it is is what it is. I mean, you try to start second guessing that, you either get rich or die broke. View quote
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All gut strings. That's just the first kind of guitar I played, it was a nylon string guitar. And to me, it's the purest form of guitar making, and I just enjoy doing it. (Guy Clark)
It was really amazing. I mean, he'd never mentioned that he played in the symphony, like serious violin playing, not fiddle playing. And he just blew us away. View quote
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Guy Clark

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Photo: William Wallace from Austin, TX, USA, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: American Musician
Born: November 6, 1941
Died: May 17, 2016
Quotes count: 12