I think Spotify is honestly just another one of Sean Parker's ways of ripping musicians off. — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
I just try to keep making good records, try to write songs the best way I can and take my job seriously.… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
When somebody asks me what a song or a line is about, I feel like I'm not done writing it yet. — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
If I could write rock & roll songs on purpose, I'd do it all the time. But most of what I write… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
If I spend time at the front of the process worrying about connecting themes, then I won't write the best songs. — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
When I hear somebody like Hayes Carll write a song that's touching and poignant and sad and funny all at the same… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
If I spent my time wondering about what genre I wanted to be in or where I was on the charts, I… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
Early on, I had to structure my ideas of success around things like, 'Can I go back and listen to the record… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
I know it's financially lucrative to go out on my own, but I don't like it. It's really hard work, just the… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
I find the ones that have the most emotional weight, the heaviest songs. For some reason, for me, they're usually the ones… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
I try to make statements that aren't broad because that doesn't make for good writing. I don't get commentary as my job,… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
The good thing about songwriting is you don't have to delineate between what's true and what's fiction; records aren't put on the… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
I'll take a certain concern of my own or a situation and try to frame it around a fictional story, but sometimes… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, I'm just trying to write a song that I like, that I'm not afraid to turn… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
When I wrote those first songs for the Truckers, songs like 'Outfit' and 'Decoration Day,' those were strong songs, very strong songs.… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
I know people who have written big hit country songs that are really kind of terrible songs, but for the rest of… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
I don't start a song with an idea of what ingredients are going to go into a song. It's not like a… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
Sometimes a song becomes rhetoric, but you have to really empathise. You also have to leave room for both sides of the… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
The more you read, the better you are at writing, no matter what you're writing. A lot of songwriters miss that and… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
People love to be listened to and represented, and they love it when they feel like you have some of the same… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
I have a lot of reactions to the outside world that I don't feel like would be appropriate for songs: things I'm… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
If you're somebody who writes songs or writes fiction, a writer that people pay for your opinion in any way, you shouldn't… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
A lot of people in Nashville think that the best song is the catchiest or the one that sells the most copies.… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
Democracy can tie your hands in a rock 'n' roll band, you know? It can be a great thing, but if you've… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
I feel like for me to write songs that I would be interested in as a listener, there has to be tension,… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
Something that really helps when it comes to writing songs is you start to notice how children learn and how we all… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
Whatever needed to be done, I need to know how to do it just as well as my wife. You know, for us to… — Jason Isbell Copy Share
The Police could get away with doing an entire record with really no audible reverb, which I have always admired and thought would be… — Jason Isbell Copy Share
I think great songs appeal to people at any age. Kids love the Beatles, too. Kids love Tom T. Hall. Of course, Tom T.… — Jason Isbell Copy Share
Democracy can tie your hands in a rock 'n' roll band, you know? It can be a great thing, but if you've got a… — Jason Isbell Copy Share
If you're the person whose problems were solved when you were born, your job is to try and help the people who aren't in… — Jason Isbell Copy Share
I like not having to worry about paying the bills, but I have to watch myself because I don't come from money. — Jason Isbell Copy Share
A lot of people in Nashville think that the best song is the catchiest or the one that sells the most copies. They're editing… — Jason Isbell Copy Share
The world changes fast, and a lot of the old country folks have a hard time keeping up with it, and it makes them… — Jason Isbell Copy Share
The more you read, the better you are at writing, no matter what you're writing. A lot of songwriters miss that and don't see… — Jason Isbell Copy Share
The idea of growing up in the South and being a man is an interesting thing; there's a lot masculinity involved, with hunting, fishing,… — Jason Isbell Copy Share
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. — Jason Isbell Copy Share
I like those kinds of songs that have details that you remember and that have stories that mean something and that open up into… — Jason Isbell Copy Share
Man, that Jim Lauderdale always looks good - he's got more western suits than anybody. — Jason Isbell Copy Share
I'm not a big AA guy, but I'll go every once in a while. They do tell you that going out and helping other… — Jason Isbell Copy Share
My dad, he worries a bit, usually with good reason. There were quite a few years there where he was probably trying to resign… — Jason Isbell Copy Share
