#in

You don't have to be a cheater to sing a cheatin' song, that's what I'm saying. ↗

— George Strait

#saying #sing #song #you

You know, legends are people like Haggard and Jones and Wills and Sinatra. Those people are legends. I'm just a young buck out here trying to keep in that same circle with the rest of 'em. ↗

— George Strait

#circle #haggard #here #i #jones

You know, traditional country music is something that's going to be around forever... I'm not worried about it. ↗

— George Strait

#around #country #country music #forever #going

I love going to the set every day, because Noah Wylie will be there waiting. ↗

— Sherry Stringfield

#day #every #every day #going #i

For some of us, the less said about the way we do things the better. ↗

— Mark Strand

#better #less #said #some #things

A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be. ↗

— Mark Strand

#great #many #next #nothing #pays

A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry, unless, of course, the life has been made into an art. ↗

— Mark Strand

#been #course #elevated #into #life

And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow the direction of the poem. ↗

— Mark Strand

#feel #follow #free #imagine #least

But I tend to think of the expressive part of me as rather tedious - never curious or responsive, but blind and self-serving. ↗

— Mark Strand

#curious #expressive #i #me #never

I certainly can't speak for all cultures or all societies, but it's clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. It's not part of the cultural mainstream. ↗

— Mark Strand

#certainly #clear #cultural #cultures #i