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> [There have been many socially conscious concept albums. I wanted to make a 'social consciousness' concept album disguised as a country record.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sturgill-simpson/there-have-been-many-socially-conscious-concept-albums-i-wanted-to/)

[Sturgill Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sturgill-simpson/)

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> [All I'm really interested in musically is trying to make concept albums. Serving a larger sum than the parts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sturgill-simpson/all-i-m-really-interested-in-musically-is-trying-to-make-concept/)

[Sturgill Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sturgill-simpson/)

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## Other authors on Concept

## More by Sturgill Simpson

> [London's been really good to me - England as a whole - but the Scots and the Irish especially are very appreciative because that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sturgill-simpson/london-s-been-really-good-to-me-england-as-a-whole-but-the-scots-and/)

[Sturgill Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sturgill-simpson/)

> [I had a great job with the railroad, a good salary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sturgill-simpson/i-had-a-great-job-with-the-railroad-a-good-salary/)

[Sturgill Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sturgill-simpson/)

> [I knew I loved playing bluegrass, so I'd end up down there on Sunday nights at the bluegrass jam.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sturgill-simpson/i-knew-i-loved-playing-bluegrass-so-i-d-end-up-down-there-on-sunday/)

[Sturgill Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sturgill-simpson/)

> [I've been reading about the idea of cyclical lives - it matches up to the idea of string theory and a multiverse. So I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sturgill-simpson/i-ve-been-reading-about-the-idea-of-cyclical-lives-it-matches-up-to/)

[Sturgill Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sturgill-simpson/)

> [It's hard enough to sit at a table and talk to most people as it is. But we can go to some town, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sturgill-simpson/it-s-hard-enough-to-sit-at-a-table-and-talk-to-most-people-as-it-is/)

[Sturgill Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sturgill-simpson/)

> [I needed a writing space to get out of my house with the little guy. Because any time I try to write or sit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sturgill-simpson/i-needed-a-writing-space-to-get-out-of-my-house-with-the-little-guy/)

[Sturgill Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sturgill-simpson/)

> [I don't pretend to be an astrophysicist or anything, even though I do read about certain things like metaphysics and cosmology that I've always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sturgill-simpson/i-don-t-pretend-to-be-an-astrophysicist-or-anything-even-though-i-do/)

[Sturgill Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sturgill-simpson/)

> [I didn't graduate from college, so I might as well be on Atlantic Records, right?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sturgill-simpson/i-didn-t-graduate-from-college-so-i-might-as-well-be-on-atlantic/)

[Sturgill Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sturgill-simpson/)

> [Everybody is on drugs . . . just give 'em what they want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sturgill-simpson/everybody-is-on-drugs-just-give-em-what-they-want/)

[Sturgill Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sturgill-simpson/)

> [I just have to do what it is going to make me happy, first and foremost - what is honest and what is sincere.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sturgill-simpson/i-just-have-to-do-what-it-is-going-to-make-me-happy-first-and/)

[Sturgill Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sturgill-simpson/)

> [I'll never get tired of being told I sound like Waylon Jennings, but I don't hear it myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sturgill-simpson/i-ll-never-get-tired-of-being-told-i-sound-like-waylon-jennings-but-i/)

[Sturgill Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sturgill-simpson/)

> [I someday hope to find the time and coin to invest more of my creative energy towards the visual media side of releasing music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sturgill-simpson/i-someday-hope-to-find-the-time-and-coin-to-invest-more-of-my/)

[Sturgill Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sturgill-simpson/)

> [I believe framing reality is one of the only ways we can ever be sure it actually exists. In that regard, I feel as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sturgill-simpson/i-believe-framing-reality-is-one-of-the-only-ways-we-can-ever-be-sure/)

[Sturgill Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sturgill-simpson/)

> [There have been many socially conscious concept albums. I wanted to make a 'social consciousness' concept album disguised as a country record.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sturgill-simpson/there-have-been-many-socially-conscious-concept-albums-i-wanted-to/)

[Sturgill Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sturgill-simpson/)

> [Somebody told me once it takes an Americana song five minutes to say what a country song says in three - so I try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sturgill-simpson/somebody-told-me-once-it-takes-an-americana-song-five-minutes-to-say/)

[Sturgill Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sturgill-simpson/)

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