When Adam's House Cat broke up in 1991, which was Cooley and my band for six years, I put my entire life, heart, and soul into that thing. I mean everything. I ended up getting divorced over it, and then the band broke up and I was left with nothing. I had nothing to show for six years of my life except for a finished record that still hasn't come out. And I went through a pretty deep, dark, two-year depression after that, [which] probably resulted in some of the earlier songs that became Drive-By Trucker songs, for that matter.
This time, we're living in such a crazy moment in history. People still write and talk about Watergate, which was such a huge, looming backdrop when … - Patterson Hood
This time, we're living in such a crazy moment in history. People still write and talk about Watergate, which was such a huge, looming backdrop when …
- Patterson Hood
When Adam's House Cat broke up in 1991, which was Cooley and my band for six years, I put my entire life, heart, and soul into that thing. I mean eve… - Patterson Hood
When Adam's House Cat broke up in 1991, which was Cooley and my band for six years, I put my entire life, heart, and soul into that thing. I mean eve…
I've always thought preaching to the converted is just kind of futile and silly. - Patterson Hood
I've always thought preaching to the converted is just kind of futile and silly.
You can be for something and still be damaged by it. - Patterson Hood
You can be for something and still be damaged by it.
At any given time, on our band Drive-by Truckers' shows there might be someone who's eight years old or 80 years old in the audience. Some nights the… - Patterson Hood
At any given time, on our band Drive-by Truckers' shows there might be someone who's eight years old or 80 years old in the audience. Some nights the…
Paste may be the last great American music magazine left. - Patterson Hood
Paste may be the last great American music magazine left.
Racism is a worldwide problem. - Patterson Hood
Racism is a worldwide problem.
I'm lucky enough that people tend to agree a lot with what I say. But really if anyone in the band has a really strong feeling, it carries a lot of w… - Patterson Hood
I'm lucky enough that people tend to agree a lot with what I say. But really if anyone in the band has a really strong feeling, it carries a lot of w…
I feel like, as a people, we're sort of stumbling in the dark right now. - Patterson Hood
I feel like, as a people, we're sort of stumbling in the dark right now.
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