17 Quotes by Jason Reeves

When I was 17 I got a guitar for my birthday and started discovering Bob Dylan and James Taylor and the whole ’60s thing, and that made me want to make songs, to go beyond just playing an instrument. I needed to write I guess.

I really think that people are getting fed up with the computer generated music. I think it had a little time where it was new and it kind of worked, but it’s so overdone that people are getting sick of it, and are turning back to real music.

I want to build a treehouse village connected by bridges in the woods by my house so my friends have a place to stay.

I don’t really believe in plans. They only change. My goal is simply to be able to make music and live life in this crazy, falling-apart world.

The people of Iowa are a rare breed.

On tour I’m finding out that I am half gypsy, 40% vagabond, and 10 house cat.

Because of our situation, God has given us an opportunity to almost transcend our gender, which gives us a vision and sensitivity that other people don’t have. They think that being white and male is going to save the world; but life is not The Lion King.

I do what works best for me, but it might not work for somebody else.

I started writing when I was 17. I got an acoustic guitar for my birthday after I discovered Bob Dylan and James Taylor.