#try

If you start out trying to achieve a specific thing - like doing stadium shows or going into the studio and doing an album - the end result is what counts. ↗

— George Strait

#album #counts #doing #end #end result

My son had toyed with the idea of writing and trying to write a little bit, so that kind of gave me the bug to write also. ↗

— George Strait

#bit #bug #gave #had #idea

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

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

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

I think the best American poetry is the poetry that utilizes the resources of poetry rather than exploits the defects or triumphs of the poet's personality. ↗

— Mark Strand

#best #defects #exploits #i #i think

I would say that American poetry has always been a poetry of personal testimony. ↗

— Mark Strand

#american #been #i #personal #poetry