"The days that I keep my gratitude higher than my expectations, I have really good days."
"I started out as a folk singer, and kinda got sidetracked playin' honky tonks and such, but I was always a working musician. I didn't want to be Townes Van Zandt or Guy Clark, but I wanted to play in front of their audiences, you know what I mean?"
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Source: Song: After All These Years, Album: Eternal and Lowdown
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