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I discovered the same thing Gram Parsons did, that soul music and country music are practically identical. Based off of the same chord structures, and the songs are of heartache and loss. The main connection is they both came up in church.

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I got a feeling that when I have kids, I'm going to have a little girl, and she's going to be completely sensible.

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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 could have become an accountant. Or I could have become a Republican.

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

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I've got a 27-inch waist. Before, I was stupid smaller. Finding clothes in the South was impossible.

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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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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 grew up in a racially mixed neighborhood. So going over to friends' houses for dinner, their parents listened to Al Green and Luther Ingram. It was something that hit me early on, the feeling that came across.

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All my records have been written to be records, rather than writing a group of songs and seeing if they fit together.

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I love Motown, but I've obviously always been more of a Memphis soul fan. If it's Stax or Motown, I go Stax.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: January 4th, 1982

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