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John Prine (born October 10, 1946) is an American country folk singer-songwriter. He has been active as a composer, recording artist, and live performer since the early 1970s, and is known for an often humorous style of country music that has elements of protest and social commentary.

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Bewildered, bewildered, you have no complaint. You are what you are, and you ain't what you ain't.

Philosophy, Complaints, Bewildered, Complaint

I just tried to come up with some honest songs. What I was writing about was real plain stuff that I wasn't sure was going to be interesting to other people. But I guess it was.

Interesting, Real, Song, Stuff, Writing

If heartaches was commercials, we'd all be on TV.

Heartache, Tvs, Ifs, Commercials, Heartaches

I edit as I go. Especially when I go to commit it to paper. I prefer a typewriter even to a computer. I don't like it. There's no noise on the computer. I like a typewriter because I am such a slow typist. I edit as I am committing it to paper. I like to see the words before me and I go, "Yeah, that's it. " They appear before me and they fit. I don't usually take large parts out. If I get stuck early in a song, I take it as a sign that I might be writing the chorus and don't know it. Sometimes,you gotta step back a little bit and take a look at what you're doing.

Song, Writing, Typewriters, Words, Prefer

Writing is about a blank piece of paper and leaving out what’s not supposed to be there.

Blank, Leaving, Piece, Pieces, Writing

I think the more the listener can contribute to the song, the better; the more they become part of the song, and they fill in the blanks. Rather than tell them everything, you save your details for things that exist. Like what color the ashtray is. How far away the doorway was. So when you're talking about intangible things like emotions, the listener can fill in the blanks and you just draw the foundation.

Color, Exist, Fill, Song, Think, Thinking

Now Jesus don't like killin'
No matter what the reason's for.

Jesus, Like, Matter, No Matter What

The scientific nature of the ordinary man is to go out and do the best you can.

Philosophy, Men, Ordinary, Man, Scientific

How the hell can a person go to work in the morning And come home in the evening and have nothing to say

Morning, Home, Evening, Come, Hell, Work

I just tried to come up with some honest songs. What I was writing about was real plain stuff that I wasn't sure was going to be interesting to other people. But I guess it was. . . I've never had any discipline whatsoever. I just wait on a song like I was waiting for lightning to strike. And eventually-usually sometime around 3 in the morning-I'll have a good idea. By the time the sun comes up, hopefully, I'll have a decent song.

Come, Discipline, Hopefully, Morning, Real, Song

Now Jesus, he don't like killing, no matter what the reason is for, and your flag decal won't get you into heaven anymore.

Religious, Jesus, Heaven, Matter, Flag

MAKE ME AN ANGEL THAT FLIES FROM MONTGOMERY, MAKE ME A POSTER OF AN OLD RODEO JUST GIVE ME ONE THING THAT I CAN HOLD ON TO TO BELIEVE IN THIS LIVIN' IS JUST A HARD WAY TO GO.

Believe, Angel, Giving, Flies, Poster

Bowl of oatmeal tried to stare me down. . . and won.

Oatmeal, Down And, Staring, Down, Won, Bowl