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- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't do anything differently than what my father was doing. It's a really hard family to rebel in. I could have become an accountant. Or I could have become a Republican.
- Finding
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've got a 27-inch waist. Before, I was stupid smaller. Finding clothes in the South was impossible.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know I'm never going to be a big pop star, because I'm not willing to conform.
- Church
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- Nov 07, 2020
I discovered the same thing Gram Parsons did, that soul music and country music are practically identical. Based off of the same chord structures, and the songs are of heartache and loss. The main connection is they both came up in church.
- Early
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a certain urgency that comes from the records of the early 60s before overdubbing and multitracking came into play.
- Green
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a racially mixed neighborhood. So going over to friends' houses for dinner, their parents listened to Al Green and Luther Ingram. It was something that hit me early on, the feeling that came across.
- Nov 07, 2020
All my records have been written to be records, rather than writing a group of songs and seeing if they fit together.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love Motown, but I've obviously always been more of a Memphis soul fan. If it's Stax or Motown, I go Stax.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't get into music to become a blues musician, or a country musician. I'm a singer-songwriter. In my book that means I get to do whatever I want.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
On the road, I weigh 168. At home, ten more.
- Impossible
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try and eat good. On the road, that's next to impossible. And we eat a lot of unhealthy things when we're in Texas - that's what you do there.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents split up when I was about 2. I realize more and more how much I'm like my father. My gentleness comes from my mother.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that it's the job of the artist to be in transition and constantly learn more.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
New York has always had a love for Southern artists. There's no place else that makes me feel like the city does. I just love the immediate nature of the city, you can get whatever you want whenever you want it and do whatever you want whenever you want to.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's nice coming to Nashville, and we have four-bedroom house and a dog, and we go swimming a lot. We get down here and spread out a lot, and I miss my sweet tea and my cornbread and my good southern cooking - but I'm down here eating pretty for two weeks and I'm ready to go back to New York City.
- Hard Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have to live what you write, or you have to know it. There are exceptions, like story songs, where you just have to have your facts straight. But I think you don't have to live a hard life to be a good or interesting songwriter.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think a lot of men are afraid of pretty things, and I'm not, I like pretty songs.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always watched movies and rooted for the bad guys, you know? I've always been that kind of guy. I still hold some respect for criminals that are good at their jobs.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the best thing an artist can do is not hang out with other artists. I really dislike hanging out with musicians, for the most part, except for a few select friends, because I don't like to talk about music all the time.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always written. When I was in school, the only teacher who ever liked me was my creative writing teacher. I used to enter poetry competitions, and I don't think I ever lost one. So I had the idea for a while of being some kind of poet.
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- Nov 07, 2020