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If I spend time at the front of the process worrying about connecting themes, then I won't write the best songs.

~Jason Isbell

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My grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher, and there was nothing really modern that went on under their roof. We watched television, but they were very picky about what we could watch - old Westerns and stuff that wasn't vulgar or violent at all.

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Physical labor, manual labor - if you can stay close to those folks, there's always plenty to write about, 'cause their issues are real issues.

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Rehab is like a divorce.

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A lot of people in Nashville think that the best song is the catchiest or the one that sells the most copies. They're editing songs in a way that make them seem more consumable, I guess. I'm trying to edit them in a way that makes them more honest.

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No matter what you thought your plans were, that's not how things are going to work out, and that's the only way you can really, I think, live successfully.

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My wife and I both grew up with parents who were very young. Her mom was, I think, 17 or 18 when she was born; my mom was 15 when I was born. So, as we got older, we started thinking a lot about that - about the time that those people missed because we came along when we did and because they devoted so much of their lives to taking care of us.

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Most of the people that I spend my time around are people who listen to a whole lot of different kinds of music.

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I think politics are a very personal thing.

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I try to make statements that aren't broad because that doesn't make for good writing. I don't get commentary as my job, because I'm not very good at that. The way I do it is by writing songs, and I have to be small; I have to make the stories a bit personal.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: February 1st, 1979

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