Words matter. These are the best Justin Townes Earle Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
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.
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.
There’s no such thing as a teenager that listens to a single word their father says.
I think that it’s the job of the artist to be in transition and constantly learn more.
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.
I’ve got a 27-inch waist. Before, I was stupid smaller. Finding clothes in the South was impossible.
There’s a certain urgency that comes from the records of the early 60s before overdubbing and multitracking came into play.
I got a feeling that when I have kids, I’m going to have a little girl, and she’s going to be completely sensible.
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.
Nashville’s like any other hometown – after a while, it’s stifling.
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.
What I’m doing is basically the same as Bob Dylan did with folk songs and Woody Guthrie songs, the same as folk music’s always done. I’m not going to sing about ploughing, but I’ll write a song that sounds like it should be about ploughing.
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.
All my records have been written to be records, rather than writing a group of songs and seeing if they fit together.
On the road, I weigh 168. At home, ten more.
