Nashville's like any other hometown - after a while, it's stifling.

- Justin Townes Earle

I discovered the same thing Gram Parsons did, that soul music and country music are practically identical. Based off of the same chord structures, an…

- Justin Townes Earle

I've never been good at rock'n'roll songs, anyway; either I'm blessed or I'm cursed, but whatever I write comes out sounding old.

- Justin Townes Earle

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

- Justin Townes Earle

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…

- Justin Townes Earle

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 …

- Justin Townes Earle

I think the best thing an artist can do is not hang out with other artists. I really dislike hanging out with musicians, for the most part, except fo…

- 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 a…

- Justin Townes Earle

I think a lot of men are afraid of pretty things, and I'm not, I like pretty songs.

- Justin Townes Earle