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
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
When I joined the Truckers, I was 21 and riding in the van with guys who were a generation older than me. — 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 think I'm writing for an intelligent stranger - you know, in my mind I can't remember who coined that phrase first.… — 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
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
For a lot of folks who get sober, the process of getting and staying sober becomes their higher power, and it becomes… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
It comes down to the difference between what you were planning to do and what life throws at you and you have… — 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
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
