Harlan Howard

“Nashville is a songwriter's town.”

“Country music is three chords and the truth.”

“All you need to write a country song is a guitar, a bottle of whiskey, and a heartache.”

“You've got to have the heart of a poet and the hide of a rhinoceros.”

“Songwriting is a gift. It's a craft. But it's also a gift.”

“I write for the people in the beer joints, the ones with the broken hearts.”