Life Quotes by Jason Isbell

8 Life quotes by Jason Isbell

Jason Isbell’s eight heartfelt insights on Life echo his songwriting’s blend of melancholy and hope. He explores love, loss, and redemption with a raw, sincere voice that resonates in this concise collection.

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For a lot of folks who get sober, the process of getting and staying sober becomes their higher power, and it becomes…

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Sleeping on people's floors when you're 22 is fine. But when you get your life in order and have a family you…

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I spend a lot of time wondering how to best support the people that I love, because I think sometimes that means…

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When I was still drinking, I thought I was kind of in control of everything in my life and other people's lives…

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When I was writing 'Southeastern,' I'd just recently gotten sober. For me, that was a major turning point in my life. It…

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As my life changes, it gives me new things to write about.

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I know people who have written big hit country songs that are really kind of terrible songs, but for the rest of…

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It comes down to the difference between what you were planning to do and what life throws at you and you have…

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I like not having to worry about paying the bills, but I have to watch myself because I don't come from money.

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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…

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The world changes fast, and a lot of the old country folks have a hard time keeping up with it, and it makes them…

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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…

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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,…

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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.

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I like those kinds of songs that have details that you remember and that have stories that mean something and that open up into…

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Man, that Jim Lauderdale always looks good - he's got more western suits than anybody.

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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…

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My dad, he worries a bit, usually with good reason. There were quite a few years there where he was probably trying to resign…

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