Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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It's nice coming to Nashville, and we have four-bedroom house and a dog, and we go swimming a lot. We get down here and spread out a lot, and I miss my sweet tea and my cornbread and my good southern cooking - but I'm down here eating pretty for two weeks and I'm ready to go back to New York City.

Justin Townes Earle's Popular Quotes

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…

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

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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.

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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…

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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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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 …

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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…

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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…

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

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