A lot of people make records where there are a couple songs worth listening to and you skip through the rest, and… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
The fact that I have a Southern accent and write about a lot of rural things leads people to put me in… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
I'm not looking to be a superstar. I just want to be in a room with good people who are similar to… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
I feel like people have a lot of the same good times and the same interests pretty much anywhere. — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
There are so few people that wake up every day and go do something that they don't dread... I'm very lucky. — 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
I didn't grow up with a lot of money, but I grew up with a lot of opportunities that many people don't… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
When I was still drinking, I thought I was kind of in control of everything in my life and other people's lives… — 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'm not a big AA guy, but I'll go every once in a while. They do tell you that going out and… — 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 think great songs appeal to people at any age. Kids love the Beatles, too. Kids love Tom T. Hall. Of course,… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people are scared, and I know I was scared to get sober, at least using this as… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
Sleeping on people's floors when you're 22 is fine. But when you get your life in order and have a family you… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
I think sometimes I write to impress my influences. Whether they're actually acquaintances of mine, people that I think will hear the… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
My favorite thing about going to concerts has always been looking around and thinking that theres a lot of people in here… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
An incredible number of people have raised children who aren't too screwed up. Surely, I won't be the worst at it. — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
At some point, I'd like to make a record that's more of a self-serving guitar album, because I really love to play.… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
For me, the things like the Confederate flag - I just don't think that it does anybody much good, and it certainly… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
There are so few people that wake up every day and go do something that they dont dread... Im very lucky. — 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
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
I think I'm a common man for the most part, but I don't work as hard as most people that I know. — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
It's nice to feel like you have more in common with people rather than more differences. — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
Most of the people that I spend my time around are people who listen to a whole lot of different kinds of… — 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
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'm not trying to steer people in a direction. I'm just trying to move them. Wherever it takes them, it doesn't matter… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
I don't believe all music is good. I believe some music is bad for people to listen to. I think it makes… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
