guy clark quote on townes van zandt

Guy Clark described Van Zandt's songwriting as a continual question: How close can you cut it to your own bone? Did you break your own heart? Did you scare the shit out of yourself? That's what matters. Townes went for the passion, not a bunch of clever bullshit."
Townes is gone, but Guy Clark is playing May 19 in Nelsonville, at the Hock Hocking Folk Festival.