COWBOY COLLAGE

"No kiddin'

Guns slingin'

Spurs hittin' the floor."

- Kid Rock, "Cowboy"

 "Townes van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world 

and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table 

in my cowboy boots and say that."

- Steve Earle 

"Cuz I wanna be a cowboy, baby,

With the top let back 

and the sunshine shinin'

Spend all my time 

at Hollywood and Vine."

- Kid Rock, "Cowboy"

"Giddyup, giddyup, go

Grab my hand and take me dancing."

- Jessie James, "My Cowboy"

"Talk low, 

Talk slow, 

And don't talk too much."

- John Wayne 

"Give a toast to the sun

Drink with the stars

Get thrown in the mix

And tossed outta bars."

- Kid Rock, "Cowboy"

"Set me free, boy, I pray

Closer to Heaven above 

And closer to you."

- Dixie Chicks, "Cowboy Take Me Away"

"Interestingly, the typical Western hero stands between two thematic poles. 

At home in the wilderness but naturally inclined toward justice and kindness, 

the cowboy is often poised between savagery and civilization."

- FilmArt textbook

"Well it's bulls and blood

It's dust and mud

It's the white in his knuckles 

The gold in his buckle

It's the ropes and the reins 

It's the joy and the pain."

- Garth Brooks, "Rodeo"

"I'm betting dreams

On paper wings."

- Senses Fail, "All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues"

"Courage is being scared to death

and saddling up anyway."

- John Wayne

"Between the blue sky and unbroken ground,

He wears his freedom like a crown."

- Jeffery Steele, "Once a Cowboy"

"It's Americana, it's part of our history: 

The cowboy, the cattle drive, the sheriff, 

the fight for law, order, and justice. 

Justice will always prevail as far as I'm concerned." 
- Clayton Moore

"Cowboys and angels, leather and lace

Salt of the earth meets Heavenly grace

Cowboys and angels, tested and tried

It's a long way to Heaven

And one hell of a ride."

- Garth Brooks, "Cowboys and Angels"

"We have a sense that we should be like the mythical cowboy,

able to take on and conquer anything 

and live in the world without the need for other people." 
- Morrie Schwartz

"We all got pieces of crazy in us, 

some bigger pieces than others."

- Cowboy saying

Photos:
Agyness Deyn, Daphne Guiness, & Jamie Bochert shot by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia March 2010;
Boyd Holbrook and Tori Praver shot by Richard Bush;
Cowboy photography by Richard Nagel