I'm really influenced by '90s hip hop. A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul were my heroes growing up. — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
My dad was a scratch golfer growing up. When I'm on the road, I always bring my clubs with me. — Mat Kearney Copy Share
With 'City of Black & White,' I wanted a record that would make you feel good, that would sort of take you up in… — Mat Kearney Copy Share
The first year I moved to Nashville, I started playing these songwriter nights with people like Nickel Creek, Duncan Sheik, and even Ryan Adams...… — Mat Kearney Copy Share
When we tour, there's always this unique quality to every town you visit... Touring, you get a sense of a collective identity for different… — Mat Kearney Copy Share
I meant what I said when I said until my dying day.I'm holding on to you, holding on to me.Maybe it's all gone black… — Mat Kearney Copy Share
God found me when I was at my lowest point. That was the first time in my life when I really felt like I… — Mat Kearney Copy Share
It's not the circumstances that determine who you're gonna be but how you deal with these problems and pains that come your way. — Mat Kearney Copy Share
I'm really influenced by '90s hip hop. A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul were my heroes growing up. — Mat Kearney Copy Share
Well, I never made a record to be in the Christian market. So when I made my record it was to exist in all… — Mat Kearney Copy Share
Just because you've written a song doesn't mean that you have pulled through. There are definitely songs where I embodied someone else's pain and… — Mat Kearney Copy Share
It's silly to throw things out or label things. You know, is U2 a Christian band, or was Johnny Cash a Christian country singer?… — Mat Kearney Copy Share
Generally, the songs that are the scariest ones are the ones that people connect to. — Mat Kearney Copy Share
I never got too specialized but did like the Southern Gothic writers like William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor. — Mat Kearney Copy Share
