Cindy Walker
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"Cindy Walker" was a prolific American songwriter, as well as a country music singer and dancer. As a songwriter Walker was responsible for a large number of popular and enduring songs recorded by many different artists.

She adopted a craftsman-like approach to her songwriting, often tailoring particular songs to specific recording artists. She produced a large body of songs that have been described as “direct, honest and unpretentious”. She had Top 10 hits spread over five decades.

Walker was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1997 and inducted into the [http://www.texasheritagesongwriters.com Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame] in March 2011.

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The songs just sing themselves to me. They kind of write themselves. I just stand back and listen.

The thing that kills people isn't so much the wind, ... It's the storm surge. I'm worried that on that peninsula that sticks out into the ocean, there's going to be grave loss of life. There are a lot of stubborn Cajuns down there who will say, 'We've never evacuated before,' and they're going to be on their rooftops. I'm really worried about Gulfport and Biloxi, (Miss.), too.'

When it was still a Category 3 storm, Cindy's parents were planning to go downtown and stay with friends in a fourth-story apartment, ... But when they woke up at 5 a.m. (Sunday), they said, 'We're outta here!'