Shane McAnally Quotes

One of the greatest tools you have as a songwriter is anonymity. If someone knows too much about the songwriter, they don't get to insert their own characters. I don't want the audience thinking about the gay guy who wrote the song.

I always loved Willie Nelson, but I loved the songs that Willie made famous.

I'm a commercial-minded songwriter. I'm here to make a living and be on the radio.

When I stopped hiding who I am, I started writing hits.

It only took me six months to get a record deal, but it took me 20 years to have a hit.

We'll set up a demo session and try to knock out eight or ten songs and make them sound as close as we can to a record with the money and time we have.

West Hollywood blew my mind: gay men walking down the street, kissing and holding hands. I'd never imagined there was a place like that.

When something works on a huge level, everybody does it.

I'm a creative person who had a lot of dark time in my life. I can still get to it: I can still go to a relationship or a time when things weren't great. But it's getting further and further from me.