I like my audience. I always feel when up on stage performing that I could enjoy having a cup of coffee with any one of them.
Lyle LovettThe most important thing you can do as a performer is to be yourself, or be an onstage version of yourself. If youre not being true to yourself, and somebody likes that other version of you, youre kind of stuck.
Lyle LovettBarbecue sauce is like a beautiful woman. If it's too sweet, it's bound to be hiding something.
Lyle LovettSomehow you can tell the difference when a song is written just to get on the radio and when what someone does is their whole life. That comes through in Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Willie Nelson. There is no separating their life from their music.
Lyle LovettMy music has always been sort of in-between categories. Sometimes record stores - back when there were record stores - they'd put my records in the country music section, but other record stores would put my records in the pop or even the rock section. As long as it's in the store somewhere, I'm OK with it.
Lyle Lovett