There have been many socially conscious concept albums. I wanted to make a 'social consciousness' concept album disguised as a country record. — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
Somebody told me once it takes an Americana song five minutes to say what a country song says in three - so… — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
I thought it was hilarious when 'Brace for Impact' was released, and people said I had abandoned country, even though the song… — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
Some people will say, and have said, that I'm trying to run from country, but I'm never going to make anything other… — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
I never really had any grand aspirations of mainstream country success because I know what that entails, and I'd probably be too… — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
I want all that dirt and grime and life-sauce. A lot of my favorite old soul records have it, but you don't… — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
I worked for Union Pacific. I started out as a conductor at an intermodal switching facility outside of Salt Lake City. We'd… — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
I just don't see myself as a songwriter or a country singer or any of those things anymore. It's more trying to… — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
I tried to make a honky-tonk country record - rough-hewn, cut fast, and all analog - like I wasn't hearing anymore. — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
I'm interested in exploring various forms of newer media that might allow those who otherwise don't listen to country to find and… — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
I someday hope to find the time and coin to invest more of my creative energy towards the visual media side of… — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
London's been really good to me - England as a whole - but the Scots and the Irish especially are very appreciative because that's… — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
I knew I loved playing bluegrass, so I'd end up down there on Sunday nights at the bluegrass jam. — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
I've been reading about the idea of cyclical lives - it matches up to the idea of string theory and a multiverse. So I… — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
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… — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
I needed a writing space to get out of my house with the little guy. Because any time I try to write or sit… — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
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… — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
I didn't graduate from college, so I might as well be on Atlantic Records, right? — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
I just have to do what it is going to make me happy, first and foremost - what is honest and what is sincere.… — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
I'll never get tired of being told I sound like Waylon Jennings, but I don't hear it myself. — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
I someday hope to find the time and coin to invest more of my creative energy towards the visual media side of releasing music. — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
