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When I moved my family
to Nashville the second time in 1997,
a good friend, a great songwriter,
took me aside for a drink and said,
"You know pal, "there's nothing that
a good divorce wouldn't do "to help your songwriting." I said, "That's fascinating, but I better check with
my wife on that one." My heart and my home
are in Katie, the love of my life,
and my children, Katherine, Claire, and Tommy,
my son-in-law, Austin, my granddaughter, Creasy
to Nashville the second time in 1997,
a good friend, a great songwriter,
took me aside for a drink and said,
"You know pal, "there's nothing that
a good divorce wouldn't do "to help your songwriting." I said, "That's fascinating, but I better check with
my wife on that one." My heart and my home
are in Katie, the love of my life,
and my children, Katherine, Claire, and Tommy,
my son-in-law, Austin, my granddaughter, Creasy
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When I moved my family
to Nashville
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the second time in 1997,
a good friend,
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a great songwriter,
took me aside for a drink
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and said,
"You know pal,
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"there's nothing that
a good divorce wouldn't do
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"to help your songwriting."
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I said, "That's fascinating,
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but I better check with
my wife on that one."
00:00:24.049 --> 00:00:26.859
My heart and my home
are in Katie,
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the love of my life,
and my children,
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Katherine, Claire, and Tommy,
my son-in-law, Austin,
00:00:34.166 --> 00:00:35.801
my granddaughter, Creasy.
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Movie Summary
Based on Douglas' acceptance speech given at the 2014 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he shares personal anecdotes as the backstory for his most famous songs.
