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

- Chip Esten

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 m…

- Chip Esten

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

- Chip Esten

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

- Chip Esten

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

- Chip Esten