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And the one job my father knew of, that he'd had experience of himself, was the Army, so he could help me in that direction.
I didn't start playing music really until I was 18/19, so it was a relatively new thing. I didn't play much music in school.
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.
The measure of your character is not what you do when people are looking. It’s what you do when you think no one is looking.
I had never made a record before, so I didn't know anything about it. I don't know anything about knobs, frequencies, tones.
EVERYTHING is love, so the only thing that's not love is our resistance to love, is us trying to be separate from the world.
I get so frustrated when it takes longer than a couple of seconds to load a page - I couldn't live without the Internet now.
I'm really in touch with my fans. Through their emails, letters and stories is how I decide what music I'm going to perform.
When Amos Moses was a boy his daddy would use him for alligator bait, tie a rope around his neck and throw him in the swamp.
Sharing lets us feel less isolated and puts us on a path of being connected. At the end of the day, that's what we all want.
Beauty is an understanding of what you have, and it's forgiving yourself of what you don't have, and appreciating all of it.
One of the inescapable encumbrances of leading an interesting life is that there have to be moments when you almost lose it.
My father's special gift? I think for one it was his gentleness. The way that he could offer a heart in any given situation.
Everything I have is for sale. Material items are just things that pass through your hands that mean very little or nothing.
I think the best duets are those where there's a dialogue back and forth, and then the two singers go into a thing together.
A rose looks grey at midnight, but the flame is just asleep. And steel is strong because it knows the hammer and white heat.
When you have the opportunity to make music with great musicians, take it. That's it. That's the only reason I need, really.
Despite very harsh living conditions and the trauma of what they went through, they [Sudanese refugees] had a lot of dignity
I'm not trying to sound pretentious, but we did sell 12 million records on the first album, so we did get paid a little bit.
I think the media put more pressure on women, especially in regards to the way they look and how they're supposed to behave.
I've always been a pretty private, quiet kind of person and so I haven't had to change my life really at all, I don't think.
My audience is made up of such bizarre, rare people. They're very sparse and scattered; it's not like a huge body of people.
Everyone is different: different shapes, sizes, colors, beliefs, personalities, and you have to celebrate those differences.
I love creepy old dudes. I love that they have so much self-confidence, despite having no evidence whatsoever to back it up.
I'm broken from the inside. The depression that has slowly eaten away at me has finally consumed me, and I couldn't beat it.
As far as fame, the everlasting fame thing. I used to think that was important for a writer... the desire to make your mark.
Life is mortal. There are all these rewards and consequences. Sometimes you embrace them, and sometimes they knock you over.
I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic.
Now the skies could fall Not even if my boss should call The world it seems so very small 'Cause nothing even matters at all
I tried to manipulate and control people, and I harbored resentment. I wanted to be forgiven, but I wouldn't forgive others.
I'm definitely really shy on some level. But on another level, I'm all entertainer. It's a strange dichotomy, but it's true.
I just feel so good; it feels like a very creative time for me. As far as my mind, spirit, and body, I've never felt better.
I don't think about the styles. I write whatever comes out and I use whatever kind of instrumentation works for those songs.
Fly Away changed my life. There are certain songs that do. When I won the Grammy, I was in Paris. I sort of forgot about it.
I went through a huge transition in my life where everything and everyone I knew and trusted didn't turn out to be that way.
I was washing dishes at the Greyhound bus station at the time and I said, 'Awap bop a lup bop a wop bam boom, take 'em out!'
My favourite festival experience is a show at midnight with the moon blazing and a crowd full of open hearts ready to dance.
I went every Sunday to church when I was growing up, and I think that music had an affect on me before my memory can recall.
I've worked with just as many talented women as I have talented men, and I feel fortunate enough to have that great balance.
When I first moved to New York I wanted to be a dancer, I danced professionally for years, living a hand-to-mouth existence.
I was a magnet for people who want to take advantage of people like me, who think they're part of this life but they're not.
The prospect of being immortal doesn't excite me, but the prospect of being a materialistic idol for four years does appeal.
I'm not going to wait on anybody to put out music or a visual. Everything I will do is on my own. I'm not waiting on anyone.
When times are good, we have tunes to dance to; when times are tough, we're supposed to talk about it. That's country music.
God didn't give you the strength to get back on your feet so that you can run back to the same things that knocked you down.
Some men don't have the opportunity to be the type of father they need to be, and I hope my example teaches them to step up.
When you come from so many damaged places you don't ever want to spiral back there, so you gotta continue to check yourself.
If we are going to teach the world to stop hating the different, the other, then we’re going to have to start with children.
I like interacting with human beings, so being on stage feels like a larger version of that - kind of like throwing a party.
Worship doesn't happen when a guy gets on a stage w/ a guitar. It happens when faith-filled eyes behold the glory of Christ.