"I was kind of a little redneck growing up, living on a farm, and running around in the country. I developed hillbilly tendencies, but I wanted to listen to something a little more meaningful than "Redneck Woman" or whatever."

-- Lydia Loveless

#Meaningful Quotes #Running Quotes #Country Quotes

“Love is as much a question of the will as it is of the emotion. And if you WILL to love somebody, you can.”
“In fact, George Washington had been an Indian fighter since the French and Indian War. And a lot of folks, particularly in the red states, the Southern states that had suffered a number of Indian depredations wanted to remove all the Indians to Canada. Let them go with the English. And Washington said, well, you can try , but better, he said, more expedient to negotiate treaties with them because, and again this is what the founders believed to a man, Indians are a vanquished race. They won't be here two to three generations.”
“The most precious things in speech are the pauses.”
“School leadership has been identified as another critical element of student success, and subsequently enough resources and training should be provided to our school principals and administrators to allow them to create a strong ecosystem in our schools and support teachers and parents as well.”

Source : "The Global Search for Education: Education Is My Right - India". Interview with C. M. Rubin, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 21, 2015.
“One of the main effects of war, after all, is that people are discouraged from being characters.”
“Not only do most people accept violence if it is perpetuated by legitimate authority, they also regard violence against certain kinds of people as inherently legitimate, no matter who commits it.”
“As a child I prayed that my calling be revealed - but not with expectation and not with a destination. I became an artist because I didn't know what to do and I thought it was really fun to make things.”
“I am what I am. A fighter.”

You may also like:

Jim DeRogatis
Music critic
Justin Townes Earle
Singer-songwriter
Lucinda Williams
Singer-songwriter
Patty Loveless
Singer
Richard Hell
Singer-songwriter
Ryan Adams
Singer-songwriter
Steve Earle
Singer-songwriter
Angel Olsen
Singer
Sturgill Simpson
Singer-songwriter