Without Getting Killed or Caught Quotes

“I don’t care what bad songwriters do. I don’t care what lazy songwriters do. Just don’t try to do it with me. Even if I’m not going to be that great I’m damned sure going to try to be.”
― Tamara Saviano, Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark

“Guy is the one who said ‘You have to throw out the best line of your song if it doesn’t serve the rest of the song.”
― Tamara Saviano, Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark

“Discreetly, I found the waiter and paid the $15 check for our migas. When Guy found out I paid the check, he was miffed.”
― Tamara Saviano, Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark

“He’s respected for that. He hasn’t given in to radio or to anything. He writes from his heart. He’s nice. He’s kind, and he’s lived his life exactly how he’s wanted to.”
― Tamara Saviano, Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark

“Guy declined a drink. He told me the chemotherapy had made him lose his taste for alcohol, and he was still pissed off about it.”
― Tamara Saviano, Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark

“Guy brought in his studio band for the final show on September 27. Shawn Camp played fiddle and mandolin, Bryn Davies”
― Tamara Saviano, Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark

“After she was bedridden for several years, she seemed kind of hollow. I started avoiding her because I was so uncomfortable on the phone with her and seeing her like that. Once in a while there’d be a little glimmer of the old Susanna, but mostly just this hollow face. It’s really sad.”
― Tamara Saviano, Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark

“Well, it’s all right. I’m going through the treatments and stuff like that.’ I said ‘I’m really sorry. I understand those treatments are really rough.’ Guy says, ‘Oh, hell. I’ve had hangovers worse than this.”
― Tamara Saviano, Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark

“Ray was downtown on Lower Broad and saw some guy with that sign: ‘Friend for Life, 25 cents.’ It seems to be a simple song, but it’s great,” Guy says. “I glanced over it in my mind for several years, and, after dissecting it, it’s strong as mare’s breath. It’s really wild.”
― Tamara Saviano, Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark

“consider what I do poetry. I don’t need to prove I’m a poet in every line, and I’m not afraid to speak plainly in my songs. Not everything needs to be metaphor, and I don’t need lofty words. But it is my obligation as a poet to be faithful to the verse. I write what I know. I write what I see.” “Guy”
― Tamara Saviano, Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark

“Rodney Crowell says. “I went over, and we sat at the table, and Guy had a bottle of Johnny Walker Red, a quart, and he was hurting. He was drinking whiskey. When the pain is so deep, it’s that moan, it’s that timeless moan, and pain. Susanna was—that conversation was, ‘You know, it’s over.’ She was just saying, ‘It’s over.’ Guy was just trying to deal with the pain. Susanna surrendered something that night, as far as I could tell.” Her”
― Tamara Saviano, Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark