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" Anything that I'm naturally curious about, I get really into. Maybe it's O.C.D. I get really consumed by something until I absorb it, then I'm done with it. "

Sturgill Simpson

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" You make a little noise, and you can sell out your local hometown club. But then you drive an hour down the road to the next town, and there might be eight people there. "

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" Atlantic has been great to me. They didn't flinch when I told them I was self-producing, and nobody was popping their head in the studio. "

Sturgill Simpson

" I had a great job with the railroad, a good salary. "

Sturgill Simpson

" The only way I'm going to support my family is to tour. I love playing, don't get me wrong. That 90 minutes every night, that's free. We get paid to travel. But every night, I have to get myself locked in. There are a thousand people that don't want to be disappointed, because they have a lot of expectations. "

Sturgill Simpson

" I knew I loved playing bluegrass, so I'd end up down there on Sunday nights at the bluegrass jam. "

Sturgill Simpson

" You can embrace nostalgia and history and tradition at the same time - it has to progress or it can't survive. "

Sturgill Simpson

" Willie Nelson, Marty Robbins, Merle Haggard and Keith Whitley - guys like that were huge influences. "

Sturgill Simpson

" Some people will say, and have said, that I'm trying to run from country, but I'm never going to make anything other than a country record. "

Sturgill Simpson

" I'm grateful to all the non-risk-takers. "

Sturgill Simpson

" I'm interested in exploring various forms of newer media that might allow those who otherwise don't listen to country to find and connect with my music. "

Sturgill Simpson

" I could go back to the railroad. I liked that job. "

Sturgill Simpson

" I love tape. It's another member of the band, the way it settles and blankets everything. "

Sturgill Simpson

" There are no expectations other than those I place on myself to be a great father and husband. "

Sturgill Simpson

" That might be completely self-indulgent, to write your first major-label debut as a dedication to your family. But, you know, that's where my heart was. "

Sturgill Simpson

" Somebody told me once it takes an Americana song five minutes to say what a country song says in three - so I try to write country songs. But really, all good music is just soul music. "

Sturgill Simpson

" Kentucky isn't particularly religious. "

Sturgill Simpson

" I've always played music. But you know, in eastern Kentucky, everybody plays music. "

Sturgill Simpson

" I want all that dirt and grime and life-sauce. A lot of my favorite old soul records have it, but you don't hear it on country records anymore. "

Sturgill Simpson

" Back home, playing music is never anything you imagine you can do for a living. It's what you do after work. "

Sturgill Simpson

" The art is what can't be put on a timeline. You can't say, 'Well, I'm going to make a record in May because that's when the producer has a window.' So just recording and getting things out is paramount for me. "

Sturgill Simpson

" My wife thinks I'm crazy. "

Sturgill Simpson

" I think when you're dealing with any issues about trying to become a better human being, you have to look at a lot of things about yourself that maybe you don't want to or aren't able to. "

Sturgill Simpson

" I grew up listening to everything. I was in rock n' roll bands and punk bands, and I loved bluegrass and country music, too. Then, when I moved to Nashville, I put out a very traditional country record because that's just what you do. I had a bunch of very traditional country songs. Next thing you know, you're a country singer. "

Sturgill Simpson

" I'd love to make short film videos pushing the conventional standards of what a country music video can be. "

Sturgill Simpson

" I just don't see myself as a songwriter or a country singer or any of those things anymore. It's more trying to express ideas and emotional textures. "

Sturgill Simpson

" You spend all this time reading or thinking or praying or searching or exploring.Maybe there's an Omega Point of love. "

Sturgill Simpson

" All I'm really interested in musically is trying to make concept albums. Serving a larger sum than the parts. "

Sturgill Simpson

" Anytime I ever have met someone that was very angry or full of negativity, nine times out of ten, if you really take a good look at that person's life, there's probably not a whole lot of love going on there. "

Sturgill Simpson

" I didn't graduate from college, so I might as well be on Atlantic Records, right? "

Sturgill Simpson