Amanda Shires Quotes

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Amanda Shires

Profession : Musician

Birth : March 5, 1982

I just write what I write, produce the music I produce and try to give myself a chance to stay true to the art form. If you try to rein in an art form, it can be hurtful to what you are making.

Amanda Shires

I don't know if you've ever shown anyone your work before you're done with it, but it can be very uncomfortable.

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After the Texas Playboys and during that time, I had this band in college that I was in called Thrift Store Cowboys. It was me and a couple other dudes would write the songs.

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And I also think it's a violin when you're selling it and a fiddle when you're buying it.

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When you name a beast, sometimes it makes it less bestial.

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I consider myself more of a rock 'n' roll fiddler.

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It's weird to take your work into a room and everybody reads it. Then comes the terror part, the dissection.

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The goal at the end of the day is for all of us to find a little bit more peace in life and with ourselves and to feel a little more comfortable in the world.

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Because the beauty of songs, I think, is if you do it right a lot of people can relate to it in their own way and make their own meaning out of things.

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In the past, I was free to write in quiet and in the space wherever my desk was at. I could leave my instruments out. In the past, my writing was super private; I never liked showing my work at its earliest stages.

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Writing in my closet, it's a small space but it made a lot of room in my mind.

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The thing that I'm trying to accomplish is to tell the stories and my feelings in ways that are relatable. But at the same time, I'm so tired of hearing the same old crap. Bring some freshness if you can.

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I was in a plane that lost an engine flying from Dallas to England. It happened over the Newfoundland Sea, and it was dark, and they took away our drinks, and it was scary. I thought I was gonna die.

Amanda Shires

Always have two radar detectors. One to see if there are any cops around, and the second one to make sure there aren't any cops around.

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The violin has always been important for me. My mom was a single mom and we moved around a lot, and so the violin was always the one constant I had. I always feel better when I had my violin. Playing it is cathartic.

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I feel like there's so many voices, and it's necessary for there to be a lot of different voices because we can't all like the same art. That would just be so boring... If anybody wants to hear it, I'm here. It makes for a more interesting world for there to be more than one kind of singer.

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Sometimes when you're going through life you're not really noticing it.

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I'm well-read as far as literary fiction, but I wanted to make better decisions about my writing, to use words or phrases more confidently by learning how your words can be interpreted, the shades of meaning, the different connotations.

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I wasn't getting any work as a songwriter in Texas because I was only known as a fiddle player.

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I try my best to not just avoid cliches but to write with some meaning.

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