Dwight Yoakam
Dwight Yoakam
Dwight David Yoakamis an American singer-songwriter, actor, and film director, most famous for his pioneering country music. Popular since the early 1980s, he has recorded more than twenty one albums and compilations, charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, and sold more than 25 million records. He has recorded five Billboard #1 albums, twelve gold albums, and nine platinum albums, including the triple platinum This Time. In addition to his many achievements in the performing...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth23 October 1956
CityPikeville, KY
CountryUnited States of America
I like order. It allows me to have chaos in my head.
To me, the hook of the riff is what makes a great guitar recording. It's the backbone of the whole song. When you have a strong riff, it's the rocket fuel for the track.
I don't regret any of the musical decisions I have made.
However you arrive at the ability to ignore self-doubt - if you can acquire it or possess it or find it or discover it - move beyond self-doubt.
Film acting has been a very pure experience, because you have to give the purest form of yourself as an artist.
Country music originates with the colloquial, rural aspects of white America. It's really, truly, rural white America's blues.
I hope that books don't go the way of albums and CD, large format albums, and physical product.
As an artist, you have to maintain focus and eliminate the distraction of second-guessing yourself based on the opinions of others.
My music is very personal. I've created it in solitude. I face a white wall and beller. I like that sound - the expression of loneliness. That's what it's all about.
I am probably the last of a generation able to gain an education in country music by osmosis, by sitting in a '64 Ford banging the buttons on the radio.
I think that we come to a greater understanding of the world we live in and ourselves through reading.
The actual work of recording a record or making a film just requires that you consciously block the time out to do that and nothing else. That's what I do.
My parents were not affluent people and were not - didn't come from the extremities of education. My mother had a high school diploma. I often think I so wish she'd come out of the hills in Appalachia and been able to go on to college. I think she would have made a wonderful teacher.
My guitars, Cadillacs, and hillbilly music Is the only thing that keeps me hanging on.