Harlan Howard Quotes

• Country music is three chords and the truth.

  Harlan Howard

  Music, Country, Inspiration

  "Country Scribe Harlan Howard Dies" by Andrew Dansby, www.rollingstone.com. March 5, 2002.

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• A lot of songs you write are just for exercise - just pencil sharpeners.

  Harlan Howard

  Song, Writing, Exercise

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• I was captured by the songs as much as the singer. They grabbed my heart. The reality of Country Music moved me. Even when I was a kid, I liked the sad songs... songs that talked about true life. I recognized this music as a simple plea. It beckoned me.

  Harlan Howard

  Country, Song, Heart

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• I'm always collecting emotions for future reference.

  Harlan Howard

  Emotion, Collecting

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• I usually start with a title or maybe a little rhyme or phrase.

  Harlan Howard

  Titles, Phrases, Littles

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• I take a whole life story and compress it into three minutes.

  Harlan Howard

  Three, Stories, Minutes

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• Work is both my living and my pleasure.

  Harlan Howard

  Pleasure

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