Mat Kearney

My dad was a scratch golfer growing up. When I'm on the road, I always bring my clubs with me.

— Mat Kearney

With 'City of Black & White,' I wanted a record that would make you feel good, that would sort of take you…

— Mat Kearney

The first year I moved to Nashville, I started playing these songwriter nights with people like Nickel Creek, Duncan Sheik, and even…

— Mat Kearney

When we tour, there's always this unique quality to every town you visit... Touring, you get a sense of a collective identity…

— Mat Kearney

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…

— Mat Kearney

God found me when I was at my lowest point. That was the first time in my life when I really felt…

— Mat Kearney

It's not the circumstances that determine who you're gonna be but how you deal with these problems and pains that come your…

— Mat Kearney

I'm really influenced by '90s hip hop. A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul were my heroes growing up.

— Mat Kearney

Well, I never made a record to be in the Christian market. So when I made my record it was to exist…

— Mat Kearney

I guess we're all one phone call from our knees

— Mat Kearney

I love creating moments that feel bigger than just like an artist on stage.

— Mat Kearney

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…

— Mat Kearney

It's silly to throw things out or label things. You know, is U2 a Christian band, or was Johnny Cash a Christian…

— Mat Kearney

Generally, the songs that are the scariest ones are the ones that people connect to.

— Mat Kearney

I never got too specialized but did like the Southern Gothic writers like William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor.

— Mat Kearney

I do know great books help shape who I am and how I look at life.

— Mat Kearney

There's something incredibly vulnerable about middle school for me. We're really impressionable during that period. The cement's still wet, so to speak,…

— Mat Kearney

My first album was hip-hop influenced, and my second was more of a singer-songwriter album.

— Mat Kearney

I think my faith is a huge part of my music. But for me, it didn't make sense to be in any…

— Mat Kearney

I love what I do. I love playing music.

— Mat Kearney

I love Michigan.

— Mat Kearney

Getting married and really digging in with another human being can point out your greatest strengths and your greatest weaknesses.

— Mat Kearney

Songs really tend to connect.

— Mat Kearney

Growing up in Eugene, Oregon, there was everything from The Notorious B.I.G. to Weezer playing in my car.

— Mat Kearney

I've never shaped or crafted my music for any specific group of people. Whoever connects with it is fine with me. I…

— Mat Kearney