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  • Singer-Songwriter
  • born 1979
  • 123 quotes

Jason Isbell, Singer-Songwriter (born 1979), is quoted 123 times on QuoteForever. The subjects that come up most often are Good Times, Van, Wake Up and Paying.

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Rehab is like a divorce.

Good sounds, they just make you feel good.

I think politics are a very personal thing.

For any writer, a red pen is such a trigger.

As my life changes, it gives me new things to write about.

I've grown tired of traveling alone, won't you ride with me?

I like to play pool. When the ball goes in the pocket, you win.

You can be very honest without telling the truth, at least in art.

I don't remember a lot of the good times from my days with the Truckers.

There was a point when I told my daddy I didn't want to go hunting anymore.

I go to the movies a lot on off days. I exercise. I have routines that I go by.

I write pretty much year-round, but I definitely do more when a deadline is looming.

Man, that Jim Lauderdale always looks good - he's got more western suits than anybody.

It's nice to feel like you have more in common with people rather than more differences.

You always have a lot of time on the road, and you have to fill that time up with something.

I think Spotify is honestly just another one of Sean Parker's ways of ripping musicians off.

I think I'm a common man for the most part, but I don't work as hard as most people that I know.

I feel like people have a lot of the same good times and the same interests pretty much anywhere.

I went to school for creative writing in college, and I wound up about six hours short of my degree.

I've always known that there are conflicting issues going on where I'm from. It's always been that way.

As you get up in your thirties, the van touring is not a possibility anymore. We can't all be Mike Watt.

There are so few people that wake up every day and go do something that they dont dread... Im very lucky.

When I joined the Truckers, I was 21 and riding in the van with guys who were a generation older than me.

There are so few people that wake up every day and go do something that they don't dread... I'm very lucky.

I didn't grow up with a lot of money, but I grew up with a lot of opportunities that many people don't have.

I need enough room to eventually throw a baseball with a child; that's all the yard I need. That's all I want.

I like not having to worry about paying the bills, but I have to watch myself because I don't come from money.

Most of the people that I spend my time around are people who listen to a whole lot of different kinds of music.

If I spend time at the front of the process worrying about connecting themes, then I won't write the best songs.

I always think that's neat, when you can hear a story told from different points of view, different perspectives.

An incredible number of people have raised children who aren't too screwed up. Surely, I won't be the worst at it.

If you're going to document your own journey, the jokes work better in the first person, just like the stories do.

The south is very focused on family... the musical heritage of Muscle Shoals especially and the bands from the region.

The world changes fast, and a lot of the old country folks have a hard time keeping up with it, and it makes them sad.

I've tried to be open to what's going on and paying close attention, not letting things that inspire me to pass me by.

It's not easy to sit down and open yourself up and say, 'This is how much I love you,' you know? It's scary to do that.

The fact that I have a Southern accent and write about a lot of rural things leads people to put me in the country category.

I don't think I'm a country artist, really. I'm a country person, but I don't think I'm necessarily a country singer or musician.

I write when the baby is asleep or when I'm on the road I write a lot... There's always time to do it. It's like getting exercise.

Songs like 'Outfit' and 'Decoration Day' and 'Dress Blues,' those were good songs, but the output wasn't as consistent in those days.

I just try to keep making good records, try to write songs the best way I can and take my job seriously. Like most people take their jobs.

I think probably songwriters are gonna be the toughest critics... I think of it as a community. And we all sort of feed off of each other.

Every time I'd get a job, they'd say: 'You'll be good at loading trucks.' I couldn't explain that there was more to me than carrying things.

Physical labor, manual labor - if you can stay close to those folks, there's always plenty to write about, 'cause their issues are real issues.

As far as being satisfied, I just don't think you should work towards being satisfied. If everybody were satisfied, we'd never get anything done.

I've dealt with a lot of physical pain, with a lot of emotional pain; anybody's who's ever been an alcoholic has handled both of those in extreme.

I think I affiliate with somebody like Ben Howard. He's quite a bit younger than I am, but I think what he's doing is in a very similar tradition.

I have my own definitions of success. And I have my own definitions of country music that, luckily, I share with more people than I realized before.

I don't have certain kinds of fatigue. My focus stays strong - I can work on a song for six or seven hours in one day and not get bored or tired of it.

For me, the things like the Confederate flag - I just don't think that it does anybody much good, and it certainly causes a lot of people a lot of pain.

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