Top Justin Townes Earle Quotes

Justin Townes Earle Biography

Justin Townes Earle (born January 4, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He is a son of alternative country artist Steve Earle and is named after Townes Van Zandt.

Read about Justin Townes Earle in Wikipedia

Random Authors

Justin Townes Earle Quotes

I love Motown, but I've obviously always been more of a Memphis soul fan. If it's Stax or Motown, I go Stax.

Fans, Love, Memphis, Motown, Soul

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.

Hard, Song, Songs, Straight, Thinking, Writing

I think that it's the job of the artist to be in transition and constantly learn more.

Artist, Constantly, Job, Jobs, Thinking, Transition

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.

Dog, Eating, Good, New York, Sweet, Swimming

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.

Eat, Good, Next, Texas, Things, Trying

I heard Nirvana, and discovered that songs could be like poetry, but a little bit more refined: you didn't have to have 20 verses to get your point across.

Heard, Like, Littles, Refined, Song, Songs

I didn't get into music to become a blues musician, or a country musician. I'm a singer-songwrit er. In my book that means I get to do whatever I want.

Book, Country, Mean, Musician

I know I'm never going to be a big pop star, because I'm not willing to conform.

Big, Bigs, Know, Pops, Stars, Willing

I think a lot of men are afraid of pretty things, and I'm not, I like pretty songs.

Like, Men, Pretty, Song, Things, Thinking

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.

Came, Early, Feelings, House, Mixed, Parent

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.

Artist, Cities, Nature, New York, Whenever, York

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.

Dylan, Same, Song, Sound, Woody, Writing

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.

Artist, Dislike, Except, Musician, Part, Thinking

There's a certain urgency that comes from the records of the early 60s before overdubbing and multitracking came into play.

Certain, Multitracking, Overdubbing, Play, Records

There's no such thing as a teenager that listens to a single word their father says.

Father, Listens, Single Word, Teenager, Word

I don't think I have any right to say I belong to that [Woody Guthrie
Bob Dylan tradition]. I think that's something that eventually maybe you get inducted into. I'm just experimenting.

Bob, Experimenting, Inducted, Say, Thinking, Writing

Nashville's like any other hometown - after a while, it's stifling.

Hometown, Like, Nashville, Stifling

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.

Competitions, Poetry, School, Teacher, Writing

I've got a 27-inch waist. Before, I was stupid smaller. Finding clothes in the South was impossible.

Clothes, Impossible, Smaller, Stupid, Waist

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.

Criminals, Guy, Jobs, Rooted, Watched

Justin Townes Earle Biography

Contact Us

About us