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" Elvis was a way bigger influence than Waylon Jennings, but you don't wanna tell people, 'I never really listened to Waylon.' "

Sturgill Simpson

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" 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

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

Sturgill Simpson

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

Sturgill Simpson

" I find that I have to just kind of avoid the Internet as much as possible. And even more so, when I go and look at it, I remember why I should be avoiding it. "

Sturgill Simpson

" Country music especially can get very formulaic - you know, you have to have your verses and a bridge and a chorus, and a lot of the songs are written as just plain and simple poetry on the road. "

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

" 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

" It's a long road, so we are just trying to stay focused and grounded and keep moving forward. I'll take it, though. "

Sturgill Simpson

" Saviours get crucified. "

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

" I just can't sit down and write three verses and a chorus and a bridge anymore. It just don't find it inspiring. "

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

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

Sturgill Simpson

" I'm very grateful, but at the same time, I'm glad all this happened when I'm 36 instead of 26 because I - I'm just such a homebody, and I just want to write songs and make the best record that I can. "

Sturgill Simpson

" 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 just really want to make - to be cliche about it, I want to make pretty music. Like Roy Orbison or Elvis, man. Those guys made beautiful, tender music. "

Sturgill Simpson

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

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

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

Sturgill Simpson

" I knew I wanted to make a concept record in song-cycle form, like my favorite Marvin Gaye records where everything just continuously flows. "

Sturgill Simpson

" I don't pretend to be an astrophysicist or anything, even though I do read about certain things like metaphysics and cosmology that I've always just been really interested in. I don't pretend to be able to sit down and pontificate on any of these subjects. "

Sturgill Simpson

" It's hard enough to sit at a table and talk to most people as it is. But we can go to some town, and there's 300 people we've never met before, and by the third song, we're connecting with everyone in that room. "

Sturgill Simpson

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

Sturgill Simpson

" There have been many socially conscious concept albums. I wanted to make a 'social consciousness' concept album disguised as a country record. "

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

" Even with most finite planning, you never know what the final result will reveal itself to be until it's staring back at you. "

Sturgill Simpson

" I saw Dolly Parton play at the Glastonbury Festival to about 120,000 people. It was an ocean of human beings. I was a mile away from the stage, and I swear to God, I could feel her energy. "

Sturgill Simpson

" I worked for Union Pacific. I started out as a conductor at an intermodal switching facility outside of Salt Lake City. We'd pull in trains from all over the country, break them apart, consolidate the freight, and build other trains. It was great until I screwed up and took a management position. Then it became no fun very quickly. "

Sturgill Simpson

" I needed a writing space to get out of my house with the little guy. Because any time I try to write or sit down and do things, he wants to be there with me and play the guitar. "

Sturgill Simpson

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

Sturgill Simpson