"I didn't get into music to become a……" — 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 means I get to do whatever I want."
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29 Quotes by Justin Townes Earle
Justin Townes Earle has 29 quotes on this site.
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I don't think I have any right to say I belong to that [Woody Guthrie/Bob Dylan tradition]. I think that's…
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Finding clothes in the South was impossible.
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There’s a certain urgency that comes from the records of the early 60s before overdubbing and multitracking came into play,
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I discovered the same thing Gram Parsons did, that soul music and country music are practically identical. Based off of…
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I know I’m never going to be a big pop star, because I’m not willing to conform,
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As a southern man, there's two things I'm definitely not scared of: bow ties and white pants.
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All my records have been written to be records, rather than writing a group of songs and seeing if they…
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I didn't do anything differently than what my father was doing. It's a really hard family to rebel in. I…
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I always watched movies and rooted for the bad guys, you know? I've always been that kind of guy. I…
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I grew up in a racially mixed neighborhood. So going over to friends' houses for dinner, their parents listened to…
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I think that it's the job of the artist to be in transition and constantly learn more.
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I heard Nirvana, and discovered that songs could be like poetry, but a little bit more refined: you didn't have…
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More Blues Quotes
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one of 667 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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The American press has the blues. Too many authorities have assured it that its days are numbered, too many good…
— Russell Baker
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Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it will still be the blues.
— Count Basie
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Johnny Winter is one of the best blues players in the world. He's very underrated.
— Ritchie Blackmore
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I found the blues too limiting, and classical was too disciplined.
— Ritchie Blackmore
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Blues and soul and jazz music has so much pain, so much beauty of raw emotion and passion.
— Christina Aguilera
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Sure, I get the blues. But what I try to do, is apply joy to the blues, you know? I…
— Jeff Bridges
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'Tailgate Blues' is kind of a lyrical masterpiece of a country song.
— Luke Bryan
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I love the intimacy of venues like the House of Blues. When everyone is packed in and so close to…
— Gary Allan
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The blues is instilled in every musical cell that floats around your body.
— Nick Cave
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I'm an Australian, and when I grew up much of my influences were American - blues music and country music,…
— Nick Cave
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What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth.…
— Ray Charles
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The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my…
— Eric Clapton
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