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17 quotes by Shane McAnally

Shane McAnally (born October 12, 1974 in Mineral Wells, Texas), is a multiple Grammy Award winning country music singer, songwriter, and producer. He has written and produced songs for Kacey Musgraves, Kelly Clarkson, Sam Hunt, Kenny Chesney, Reba McEntire, Jake Owen, Luke Bryan, The Band Perry, Lady Antebellum, and Miranda Lambert. The Academy of Country Music named him Songwriter of the Year in 2014. McAnally co-produced Kacey Musgraves' 2012...
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Nashville is a boys' club of redneck conservative ideas. But they're ready to embrace gay people. I never felt for one second that someone... →

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I have a hard time being happy, and I think a lot of creative people suffer with that when life gets real happy.

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That internal ache is the starting point of country music. If it's a happy song and I can still feel sad in it? That's my favorite.

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I'm a creative person who had a lot of dark time in my life. I can still get to it: I can still go to a relationship or a time when things... →

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I wake up every day thinking, 'I just can't do it anymore.' There's nothing left to say, and I'm completely dry. And then I get... →

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I always loved Willie Nelson, but I loved the songs that Willie made famous.

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I'm a commercial-minded songwriter. I'm here to make a living and be on the radio.

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It only took me six months to get a record deal, but it took me 20 years to have a hit.

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Sometimes you just want to write a party song.

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The Nashville Network, that's all I would watch as a kid.

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West Hollywood blew my mind: gay men walking down the street, kissing and holding hands. I'd never imagined there was a place like that.

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When I stopped hiding who I am, I started writing hits.

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When something works on a huge level, everybody does it.

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