Culture Quote by Sturgill Simpson

“You can embrace nostalgia and history and tradition at the same time - it has to progress or it can't survive.” quote by Sturgill Simpson — Download Open image

“You can embrace nostalgia and history and tradition at the same time - it has to progress or it can't survive.”

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I had a great job with the railroad, a good salary.

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I knew I loved playing bluegrass, so I'd end up down there on Sunday nights at the bluegrass jam.

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I didn't graduate from college, so I might as well be on Atlantic Records, right?

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Everybody is on drugs . . . just give 'em what they want.

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I'll never get tired of being told I sound like Waylon Jennings, but I don't hear it myself.

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I someday hope to find the time and coin to invest more of my creative energy towards the visual media side of releasing music.

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Our times demand the declaration of the world's resources as the common heritage of all people.

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