Justin Townes Earle

I've always written. When I was in school, the only teacher who ever liked me was my creative writing teacher. I used…

— Justin Townes Earle

I didn't do anything differently than what my father was doing. It's a really hard family to rebel in. I could have…

— Justin Townes Earle

I don't think I have any right to say I belong to that [Woody Guthrie/Bob Dylan tradition]. I think that's something that…

— Justin Townes Earle

I didn't get into music to become a blues musician, or a country musician. I'm a singer-songwrit er. In my book that…

— Justin Townes Earle

I think that it's the job of the artist to be in transition and constantly learn more.

— Justin Townes Earle

I always watched movies and rooted for the bad guys, you know? I've always been that kind of guy. I still hold…

— Justin Townes Earle

There’s a certain urgency that comes from the records of the early 60s before overdubbing and multitracking came into play,

— Justin Townes Earle

I heard Nirvana, and discovered that songs could be like poetry, but a little bit more refined: you didn't have to have…

— Justin Townes Earle

I think a lot of men are afraid of pretty things, and I'm not, I like pretty songs.

— Justin Townes Earle

I love Motown, but I've obviously always been more of a Memphis soul fan. If it's Stax or Motown, I go Stax.

— Justin Townes Earle

On the road, I weigh 168. At home, ten more.

— Justin Townes Earle

I've got a 27-inch waist. Before, I was stupid smaller. Finding clothes in the South was impossible.

— Justin Townes Earle

Finding clothes in the South was impossible.

— Justin Townes Earle

I know I’m never going to be a big pop star, because I’m not willing to conform,

— Justin Townes Earle

You have to live what you write, or you have to know it. There are exceptions, like story songs, where you just…

— Justin Townes Earle

As a southern man, there's two things I'm definitely not scared of: bow ties and white pants.

— Justin Townes Earle

My parents split up when I was about 2. I realize more and more how much I'm like my father. My gentleness…

— Justin Townes Earle

I try and eat good. On the road, that's next to impossible. And we eat a lot of unhealthy things when we're…

— Justin Townes Earle

It's nice coming to Nashville, and we have four-bedroom house and a dog, and we go swimming a lot. We get down…

— Justin Townes Earle

I think the best thing an artist can do is not hang out with other artists. I really dislike hanging out with…

— Justin Townes Earle

I grew up in a racially mixed neighborhood. So going over to friends' houses for dinner, their parents listened to Al Green…

— Justin Townes Earle

All my records have been written to be records, rather than writing a group of songs and seeing if they fit together.

— Justin Townes Earle

I got a feeling that when I have kids, I'm going to have a little girl, and she's going to be completely…

— Justin Townes Earle

Nashville's like any other hometown - after a while, it's stifling.

— Justin Townes Earle

There's no such thing as a teenager that listens to a single word their father says.

— Justin Townes Earle