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41 quotes by Dwight Yoakam

Dwight Yoakam Background information Birth name Dwight David Yoakam Born (1956-10-23) October 23, 1956 (age 58) Pikeville, Kentucky, United States Origin Columbus, Ohio, United States Genres Country, Country-Rock Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, actor, director Instruments Guitar, vocals Years active 1984–present Labels Reprise Audium New West Warner Bros. Nashville Associated acts Buck Owens Website www.dwightyoakam.com Dwight David Yoakam...
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I'll never quit playing country music, or at least acknowledging it, always, as the cornerstone of what I am.

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I live out of cans a lot. But I try to indulge only in healthy canned food.

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My music is very personal. I've created it in solitude. I face a white wall and beller. I like that sound - the expression of loneliness.... →

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As an artist, you have to maintain focus and eliminate the distraction of second-guessing yourself based on the opinions of others.

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However you arrive at the ability to ignore self-doubt - if you can acquire it or possess it or find it or discover it - move beyond self-doubt.

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I played music and sang from my earliest memories. The first pictures of me show me wandering around with a guitar that was larger than I was, and it... →

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I like order. It allows me to have chaos in my head.

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My parents were not affluent people and were not - didn't come from the extremities of education. My mother had a high school diploma. I often... →

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I embrace country music because of love, a love of what I came from.

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We share something in common with the fabric of the whole universe that connects us.

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As a writer, I always tend to take the liberty and the great artistic luxury of a composite form of writing.

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Country music originates with the colloquial, rural aspects of white America. It's really, truly, rural white America's blues.

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Film acting has been a very pure experience, because you have to give the purest form of yourself as an artist.

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