Those songs [from church], I think, shaped to some degree how I would evolve as a writer, pentameter of songs, the melodies of those kind of hillbilly hymns - I used to refer to them - because they were not Southern gospel as much as they were passed down from Scottish Welsh Protestant hymnals.
Dwight YoakamI hope that books don't go the way of albums and CD, large format albums, and physical product.
Dwight YoakamIn retrospect I wrote things about my life and my family's existence, I realized that it was a frighteningly harsh way to make a living. And I used to say that they were slowly dying trying to make a living.
Dwight YoakamIronically, the success I've experienced at country radio has left me ostracized from pop and other formats of radio.
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