These interviews form part of a larger collection archived at the Texas Heritage Music Foundation in Kerrville, which Kathleen Hudson founded and directs. She is also a Professor of English at Schreiner University, where she writes and teaches about the creative process, mythology, rhetoric, drama, and the power of storytelling.

"I didn't really change anything. I came back to Texas when the music scene was already going on. Everybody says I started something, but I didn't start anything so much as join an already growing movement, a legion of people who like good music, no matter what kind, who like to listen to and play whatever they want to." --Willie Nelson "Texas music is from the heart, and it's music about people. It's not necessarily music to be on the radio or music to sell records--it's music about real feelings. That's what I try to do when I write a song." --Lyle Lovett "Texans never have conformed to the norms, so to speak, and they never have toed the line. They always have been a little rebellious and a little rambunctious, and it's hard to get them all dressed up and make them sit in any one place for any length of time." --Gary P. Nunn "I love Texas music. Texas has everything, and that's my description of Texas music. It's everything I love. It has spawned everybody from Flaco Jiminez to T-Bone Walker to Janis Joplin. It runs the gamut." --Marcia Ball

• Foreword: Sam PhillipsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: B. B. KingTelling Stories, Writing SongsLarry McMurtry: Talking TexasDarrell Royal: The Art of ListeningWillie Nelson: Paving the WayFloyd Tillman: The WriterSonny Throckmorton: Living to WriteJames McMurtry: Young and RestlessSteve Earle: A Harder EdgeGuy Clark: The StorytellerTownes Van Zandt: Ultimate TalesBlaze Foley: The Character WithinJubal Clark: For Love Not MoneyRichard Dobson: Hemingway Lives in TexasBilly Joe Shaver: Today's Jimmie RodgersDelbert McClinton: Time to RockJoe Ely: Texas Energy on the RoadMarcia Ball: Crawlin' Crawfish CircuitKinky Friedman: Off the WallTish Hinojosa: On DreamingKaty Moffatt: VulnerableKimmie Rhodes: Grace and SpiritCarolyn Hester: A Texas HeartGary P. Nunn: Back to TexasFreddy Powers: A Walking ConversationTanya Tucker: Family and FriendsJimmie Dale Court: Heritage MattersStevie Ray Vaughan: Generous with LifeJohnny Winter: Blues on the EdgeJohnny Copeland: Texas TwisterRay Wylie Hubbard: Fears and DragonsJohnny Rodriguez: Passion on the RoadHolly Dunn: The BusinessSonny Curtis: That'll Be the DayLyle Lovett: My WayRobert Earl Keen: The Road Goes On . . .CodaBiographies and Selected Discographies

These interviews form part of a larger collection archived at the Texas Heritage Music Foundation in Kerrville, which Kathleen Hudson founded and directs. She is also a Professor of English at Schreiner University, where she writes and teaches about the creative process, mythology, rhetoric, drama, and the power of storytelling.

"I didn't really change anything. I came back to Texas when the music scene was already going on. Everybody says I started something, but I didn't start anything so much as join an already growing movement, a legion of people who like good music, no matter what kind, who like to listen to and play whatever they want to." --Willie Nelson "Texas music is from the heart, and it's music about people. It's not necessarily music to be on the radio or music to sell records--it's music about real feelings. That's what I try to do when I write a song." --Lyle Lovett "Texans never have conformed to the norms, so to speak, and they never have toed the line. They always have been a little rebellious and a little rambunctious, and it's hard to get them all dressed up and make them sit in any one place for any length of time." --Gary P. Nunn "I love Texas music. Texas has everything, and that's my description of Texas music. It's everything I love. It has spawned everybody from Flaco Jiminez to T-Bone Walker to Janis Joplin. It runs the gamut." --Marcia Ball

• Foreword: Sam PhillipsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: B. B. KingTelling Stories, Writing SongsLarry McMurtry: Talking TexasDarrell Royal: The Art of ListeningWillie Nelson: Paving the WayFloyd Tillman: The WriterSonny Throckmorton: Living to WriteJames McMurtry: Young and RestlessSteve Earle: A Harder EdgeGuy Clark: The StorytellerTownes Van Zandt: Ultimate TalesBlaze Foley: The Character WithinJubal Clark: For Love Not MoneyRichard Dobson: Hemingway Lives in TexasBilly Joe Shaver: Today's Jimmie RodgersDelbert McClinton: Time to RockJoe Ely: Texas Energy on the RoadMarcia Ball: Crawlin' Crawfish CircuitKinky Friedman: Off the WallTish Hinojosa: On DreamingKaty Moffatt: VulnerableKimmie Rhodes: Grace and SpiritCarolyn Hester: A Texas HeartGary P. Nunn: Back to TexasFreddy Powers: A Walking ConversationTanya Tucker: Family and FriendsJimmie Dale Court: Heritage MattersStevie Ray Vaughan: Generous with LifeJohnny Winter: Blues on the EdgeJohnny Copeland: Texas TwisterRay Wylie Hubbard: Fears and DragonsJohnny Rodriguez: Passion on the RoadHolly Dunn: The BusinessSonny Curtis: That'll Be the DayLyle Lovett: My WayRobert Earl Keen: The Road Goes On . . .CodaBiographies and Selected Discographies

These interviews form part of a larger collection archived at the Texas Heritage Music Foundation in Kerrville, which Kathleen Hudson founded and directs. She is also a Professor of English at Schreiner University, where she writes and teaches about the creative process, mythology, rhetoric, drama, and the power of storytelling.

"I didn't really change anything. I came back to Texas when the music scene was already going on. Everybody says I started something, but I didn't start anything so much as join an already growing movement, a legion of people who like good music, no matter what kind, who like to listen to and play whatever they want to." --Willie Nelson "Texas music is from the heart, and it's music about people. It's not necessarily music to be on the radio or music to sell records--it's music about real feelings. That's what I try to do when I write a song." --Lyle Lovett "Texans never have conformed to the norms, so to speak, and they never have toed the line. They always have been a little rebellious and a little rambunctious, and it's hard to get them all dressed up and make them sit in any one place for any length of time." --Gary P. Nunn "I love Texas music. Texas has everything, and that's my description of Texas music. It's everything I love. It has spawned everybody from Flaco Jiminez to T-Bone Walker to Janis Joplin. It runs the gamut." --Marcia Ball

• Foreword: Sam PhillipsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: B. B. KingTelling Stories, Writing SongsLarry McMurtry: Talking TexasDarrell Royal: The Art of ListeningWillie Nelson: Paving the WayFloyd Tillman: The WriterSonny Throckmorton: Living to WriteJames McMurtry: Young and RestlessSteve Earle: A Harder EdgeGuy Clark: The StorytellerTownes Van Zandt: Ultimate TalesBlaze Foley: The Character WithinJubal Clark: For Love Not MoneyRichard Dobson: Hemingway Lives in TexasBilly Joe Shaver: Today's Jimmie RodgersDelbert McClinton: Time to RockJoe Ely: Texas Energy on the RoadMarcia Ball: Crawlin' Crawfish CircuitKinky Friedman: Off the WallTish Hinojosa: On DreamingKaty Moffatt: VulnerableKimmie Rhodes: Grace and SpiritCarolyn Hester: A Texas HeartGary P. Nunn: Back to TexasFreddy Powers: A Walking ConversationTanya Tucker: Family and FriendsJimmie Dale Court: Heritage MattersStevie Ray Vaughan: Generous with LifeJohnny Winter: Blues on the EdgeJohnny Copeland: Texas TwisterRay Wylie Hubbard: Fears and DragonsJohnny Rodriguez: Passion on the RoadHolly Dunn: The BusinessSonny Curtis: That'll Be the DayLyle Lovett: My WayRobert Earl Keen: The Road Goes On . . .CodaBiographies and Selected Discographies