Justin Townes Earle Quotes & Sayings

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

“My parents split up when I was about 2. I realize more and more how much I'm like my father. My gentleness comes from my mother.”

“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.”

“What I'm doing is basically the same as Bob Dylan did with folk songs and Woody Guthrie songs, the same as folk music's always done. I'm not going to sing about ploughing, but I'll write a song that sounds like it should be about ploughing.”

“I didn't get into music to become a blues musician, or a country musician. I'm a singer-songwriter. In my book that means I get to do whatever I want.”

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

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

“I always watched movies and rooted for the bad guys, you know? I've always been that kind of guy. I still hold some respect for criminals that are good at their jobs.”

“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.”

“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.”