Amanda Shires quotes

Amanda Shires quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“People like to say their songs are like children, but you gotta get those kids out there so they can make some money and pay the rent.”
-- Amanda Shires

#Song Quotes #Children Quotes #Writing Quotes
“I think I prefer for the listener to decide for themselves what stuff means, because I always hate it when I think a song is about a horse, and then it turns out to be about a damn trip to France â€¦”
-- Amanda Shires

#Song Quotes #Horse Quotes #Hate Quotes

“It's funny because if you ever ask anyone in England to try and do a Beatles accent, no one knows what they really sound like. If you ask anyone in America, they would try and give it a go. English people just know their songs.”

Source : "Aaron Johnson Interview NOWHERE BOY". Interview, collider.com. Ocotber 6, 2010.
“All my songs are where I am.”
“I knew when I met you an adventure was going to happen.”
“There is not a command God gives to His children for which He does not provide the enablement for obedience.”

Source : A. B. Simpson (1984). “Days of Heaven on Earth: A Daily Devotional to Comfort and Inspire”, Moody Publishers
“Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.”
“This writing business. Pencils and what-not. Over-rated, if you ask me. Silly stuff. Nothing in it.”
“Science fiction is a field of writing where, month after month, every printed word implies to hundreds of thousands of people: 'There is change. Look, today's fantastic story is tomorrow's fact.”
“The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite.”

Source : A. J. Liebling (2005). “Just Enough Liebling: Classic Work by the Legendary New Yorker Writer”, p.27, Macmillan
“If the first requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite, the second is to put in your apprenticeship as a feeder when you have enough money to pay the check but not enough to produce indifference of the total.”
“The only way to write is well and how you do it is your own damn business.”

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