52 Quotes by Justin Townes Earle

I heard Nirvana, and discovered that songs could be like poetry, but a little bit more refined: you didn’t have to have 20 verses to get your point across.

New York has always had a love for Southern artists. There’s no place else that makes me feel like the city does. I just love the immediate nature of the city, you can get whatever you want whenever you want it and do whatever you want whenever you want to.

Nashville’s like any other hometown – after a while, it’s stifling.

There’s no such thing as a teenager that listens to a single word their father says.

I know I'm never going to be a big pop star, because I'm not willing to conform.

There's a certain urgency that comes from the records of the early 60s before overdubbing and multitracking came into play.

I didn't get into music to become a blues musician, or a country musician. I'm a singer-songwriter. In my book that means I get to do whatever I want.