Crowell Quotes & Sayings

Let me come in when you are weeping, friend, and let me take your hand. I, who have known a sorrow such as yours, can understand. — Grace Noll Crowell

The light of friendship is like light of phosphorus, seen plainest when all around is dark. — Isaiah Crowell

The poetry of country music will survive. — Rodney Crowell

God gave me wisdom, but the devil's got style. — Rodney Crowell

Time to go inward would you believe that I'm afraid to stare down the barrel of choices I have made. — Rodney Crowell

He speaks four letter language because his mind is small. His voice is like venom, I don't like him at all. — Rodney Crowell

I offer no apologies to those whom I may have rendered uncomfortable with my open and honest assertions. The truth is often harsh and uncomfortable to embrace. — Casper Odinson Crowell

It evoked Picasso and Miles Davis for me - two great artists who totally indulged themselves in their work and who they were, but they certainly didn't give a damn what other people thought. — Rodney Crowell

When I was 12 years old, or however old I was when Bringing It All Back Home came out, I'd just skip back and forth endlessly between 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' and 'It's Alright, Ma' and 'Mr. Tambourine Man,' and now my Dylan roots are showing big time. — Rodney Crowell

Almost I feel the pulsebeat of the ages,
Now swift, now slow, beneath my fingertips.
The heartthrobs of the prophets and the sages
Beat through these bindings; and my quick hand slips
Old books from dusty shelves, in eager seeking
For truths the flaming tongues of the ancients tell;
For the words of wisdom that they still are speaking
As clearly as an echoing silver bell.
Here is the melody that lies forever
At the deep heart of living; here we keep
The accurate recorded discs that never
Can be quite silenced, though their makers sleep
The still deep sleep, so long as a seeker finds
The indelible imprint of their moving minds. — Grace Noll Crowell

If you're dedicated, if it's something that lives and breathes in your heart, then you've simply got to go ahead and do it. — Rodney Crowell

Home may be near, Home may be far - But it is anywhere love And a few plain household treasures are. — Grace Noll Crowell

If you get a song right for its usage at the time, it can be useful to others ... Those songs are more friendly to other artists looking for material. — Rodney Crowell

Try but don't try too hard. Just try hard enough, and things will go better. — Rodney Crowell

The day will bring some lovely thing. — Grace Noll Crowell

On her new LP, Shatter, Jude Johnstone examines heartbreak and loss with such tender resignation that I wept in acknowledgement of its artful simplicity. A lesson in melodic grace delivered by as fine a singer-songwriter as any I know. — Rodney Crowell

In life's rich beauty pageant we put children on a stage, said flash your soft white belly child, but just don't act your age. — Rodney Crowell

It's hard to kiss the lips at night/That chew your ass out all day long. — Rodney Crowell

God, make me brave for life: oh, braver than this. Let me straighten after pain, As a tree straightens after the rain, Shining and lovely again. God, make me brave for life; much braver than this. As the blown grass lifts, let me rise From sorrow with quiet eyes, Knowing Thy way is wise. God, make me brave, life brings Such blinding things. Help me to keep my sight; Help me to see aright That out of dark comes light. — Grace Noll Crowell

How can I find the shining word, the glowing phrase that tells all that your love has meant to me, all that your friendship spells? There is no word, no phrase for you on whom I so depend. All I can say to you is this, God bless you precious friend. — Grace Noll Crowell

You learn how to do good work by being honest with yourself. — Rodney Crowell

Whatever else be lost among the years, Let us keep Christmas still a shining thing: Whatever doubts assail us, or what fears, Let us hold close one day, remembering Its poignant meaning for the hearts of men. Let us get back our childlike faith again. — Grace Noll Crowell

What is life but a dream and being able to put a little bit of it to work. — Hubert Crowell

[My parents] worked hard all week long, and the way they celebrated and rejoiced in life was by making music on weekends. And that music was Country Music. — Rodney Crowell

Let us keep Christmas still a shining thing ... — Grace Noll Crowell

Time to go inward, man, I hope I have the nerve, to take inventory of the causes that I serve. — Rodney Crowell

Rodney Crowell says. "I went over, and we sat at the table, and Guy had a bottle of Johnny Walker Red, a quart, and he was hurting. He was drinking whiskey. When the pain is so deep, it's that moan, it's that timeless moan, and pain. Susanna was - that conversation was, 'You know, it's over.' She was just saying, 'It's over.' Guy was just trying to deal with the pain. Susanna surrendered something that night, as far as I could tell." Her — Tamara Saviano

Pain comes like the weather, but joy is a choice. — Rodney Crowell

I figure as an artist the best thing you can do is follow your heart - and if your heart is marketable, then you win. — Rodney Crowell

Don't compromise your heart for something crass. — Rodney Crowell

To keep the fire burning brightly there's one easy rule: Keep the two logs together, near enough to keep each other warm and far enough apart - about a finger's breadth - for breathing room. Good fire, good marriage, same rule. — Marnie Reed Crowell

Every now and then I'll get seduced by the idea of money, and I'll take a stab at that ... and I fall flat on my ass. I've never written a lasting song with that mindset. It doesn't work. — Rodney Crowell

You know I love to spend my mornings, like sunlight dancing on your skin — Rodney Crowell

James Ralston, my guitar player, has performed with Tina Turner for about 22 years. Jim Hanson on bass has played with Johnny Cash, Rodney Crowell and Bruce Springsteen, and they're fantastic musicians and amazing singers they get a really cool vocal sound together. — Vonda Shepard

A fist in the face is all you deserve from love you've misplaced. — Rodney Crowell