I think when you're dealing with any issues about trying to become a better human being, you have to look at a… — Sturgill Simpson Better Copy Share Image
You can embrace nostalgia and history and tradition at the same time - it has to progress or it can't survive. — Sturgill Simpson Culture Copy Share Image
There's a lot going on in country music, with indie-label hipsters and underground bloggers arguing their interpretations of what country is, and… — Sturgill Simpson Country music Copy Share Image
That might be completely self-indulgent, to write your first major-label debut as a dedication to your family. But, you know, that's where… — Sturgill Simpson Dedication Copy Share Image
Anything that I'm naturally curious about, I get really into. Maybe it's O.C.D. I get really consumed by something until I absorb… — Sturgill Simpson About Copy Share Image
I worked for Union Pacific. I started out as a conductor at an intermodal switching facility outside of Salt Lake City. We'd… — Sturgill Simpson City Copy Share Image
I pretty much just hang out with the kid. I want, like three more, because that's all I ever want to do. — Sturgill Simpson Because Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to everything. I was in rock n' roll bands and punk bands, and I loved bluegrass and country… — Sturgill Simpson Country music Copy Share Image
Even with most finite planning, you never know what the final result will reveal itself to be until it's staring back at… — Sturgill Simpson Back Copy Share Image
I'm very grateful, but at the same time, I'm glad all this happened when I'm 36 instead of 26 because I -… — Sturgill Simpson Best Copy Share Image
I just don't see myself as a songwriter or a country singer or any of those things anymore. It's more trying to… — Sturgill Simpson Country Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to make a concept record in song-cycle form, like my favorite Marvin Gaye records where everything just continuously… — Sturgill Simpson Everything Copy Share Image
I tried to make a honky-tonk country record - rough-hewn, cut fast, and all analog - like I wasn't hearing anymore. — Sturgill Simpson Analog Copy Share Image
The only way I'm going to support my family is to tour. I love playing, don't get me wrong. That 90 minutes… — Sturgill Simpson Every night Copy Share Image
I lived in Japan when I was younger for about two years. I spent my time equally between religiously studying Aikido in… — Sturgill Simpson Day Copy Share Image
Let's just cut a live record with three microphones in four days and talk about lizards and aliens. If I had taken… — Sturgill Simpson Days Copy Share Image
I'm interested in exploring various forms of newer media that might allow those who otherwise don't listen to country to find and… — Sturgill Simpson Country Copy Share Image
“I don't have to do a Goddamn thing except sit around and wait to die.” — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
I'd love to make short film videos pushing the conventional standards of what a country music video can be. — Sturgill Simpson Country music Copy Share Image
Atlantic has been great to me. They didn't flinch when I told them I was self-producing, and nobody was popping their head… — Sturgill Simpson Great Copy Share Image
I saw Dolly Parton play at the Glastonbury Festival to about 120,000 people. It was an ocean of human beings. I was… — Sturgill Simpson Energy Copy Share Image
