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Now that I'm in 'Nashville,' the thing that I'm loving the most is co-writing. You walk into the room and you shake hands with someone you've never met before and you walk out four hours later and you've got this thing... sharing ideas and everything, it's almost magical, like a miracle.

~Chip Esten

Topics: Almost Before Everything Four Got Hands Hours Ideas Later Like Loving Magical Met Miracle Most Nashville Never Now Out Room Shake Sharing Someone Thing Walk You

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What I found about 'Nashville' coming in is it's about these small performances. It can be on a big stage but detailed, small, heartfelt, real performances from musicians and singers. So if you try to do something bloated or showy, the directors dial us in and let us know.

~Chip Esten

Topics: About Big Bloated Coming Detailed Dial Directors Found Heartfelt Know Let Us Musicians Nashville Performance Real Singers Small Something Stage Try Us You

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I had been in a band in college. You kind of need to make a choice between going the music route or going the acting route. I chose acting, figuring I could always do the music on my own.

~Chip Esten

Topics: Acting Always Band Been Between Choice Chose College Could Figuring Going Had Kind Make Music My Own Need Own Route You

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Doing a scene truthfully is very similar to doing a song truthfully. They're really parallel.

~Chip Esten

Topics: Doing Parallel Really Scene Similar Song Truthfully Very

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Elvis Costello's song writing is so peerless and individualistic. It's storytelling and it's deeply intelligent and clever.

~Chip Esten

Topics: Clever Deeply Elvis Intelligent Song Storytelling Writing

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'Nashville' songs and country music have always been about storytelling and about the heart and confessionals. They're monologues.

~Chip Esten

Topics: About Always Been Country Country Music Heart Monologues Music Nashville Songs Storytelling

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When your dad is a country music fan and you take long car trips, you become one too.

~Chip Esten

Topics: Become Car Country Country Music Dad Fan Long Music Take Too Trips You Your

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Comedian

Born: September 9th, 1965

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