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" I don't think, to be a traveler, you have to reject setting roots up. "
Mat Kearney
You
Traveler
Think
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" When 'Young Love' came out, I was really excited, and it has been really special. "
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" Choosing an acoustic guitar for a live setting can be different from picking out one for recording. One doesn't always work for the other. The sonic properties can be vastly different. "
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Always
" All of my acoustic playing came from my songwriting. All of the chords I've learned and all of the voicings I play them in are a direct result of composing. "
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" There are people I love in Nashville and would not want to go a day without talking to, but I want to see the world. "
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" I am a micromanager, and I love being involved in every detail of my life, but in the big picture, you realize how little control you have. 'Air I Breathe' is about those moments of surrender where you get to something that is bigger than you, and you don't have answers for it. "
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" The first album was literally the first 12 songs I've ever written. "
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First
Literally
" I don't spend afternoons practicing my guitar to get better. I do read, though, to get inspiration for my lyrics. "
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" When I barely got into college, the one thing I could do was write, so I became an English major. "
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" I think I have always made really beat-driven pop-rock records. "
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Always
" I started writing music in a season of my life where people were telling me I wasn't defined by mistakes, and God really loved me and was fighting for me, and there was a journey to be had with that. And I don't know of a more important message. "
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Music
God
Life
" I love to play the songs that got me to where I am. I like to take a little bit from all of my records and mix it up. "
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Got
I Am
" I've had moments in my career when I've made more money and had more success than at other times, but I've realized being happy has very little to do with any of that. "
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Success
Money
Career
" Generally, the songs that are the scariest ones are the ones that people connect to. "
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Songs
Connect
People
" My first album was hip-hop influenced, and my second was more of a singer-songwriter album. "
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First
Second
More
" Money definitely does not equal success in recording. "
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Recording
Does
Equal
" I love Bruce Springsteen's writing, but I grew up on '90s hip hop, like Tribe Called Quest. "
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Writing
Up
Like
" My goal is to try to avoid a genre. "
Mat Kearney
Try
Genre
Goal
" When we tour, there's always this unique quality to every town you visit... Touring, you get a sense of a collective identity for different cities. That's one of the things I love about my job. "
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Love
Unique
Quality
" When I set out to write, I want to write something that will rip your heart out and connect with you. Great songs connect beyond genre and style. "
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Style
You
Will
" I had the lyric 'Chip Don't Go' and a few words, and my wife came in and said that it sounded like a good song. I thought I'd finish writing it up and posting it to YouTube. I didn't realize it was going to take off like it did. "
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Good
Words
Writing
" It's silly to throw things out or label things. You know, is U2 a Christian band, or was Johnny Cash a Christian country singer? I don't know, but they're pretty open about their faith. "
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Silly
You
Know
" New Yorkers are historically tough crowds. "
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New Yorkers
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New
" Songs like 'Learn To Love Again' and 'Rochester' and some of the more gut-wrenching ones deal with the pain of the younger times of your life... trying to make sense of some the stuff we probably all went through. "
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Love
Life
" The criticism people could have of my music maybe is that it's somewhat schizophrenic at times. And if you don't like that, it could bother you. "
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Criticism
You
" I didn't know music would end up being my job, but I loved it so much I wanted to do it every day. "
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Loved
Know
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" I'm really influenced by '90s hip hop. A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul were my heroes growing up. "
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Growing
Heroes
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" The first year I moved to Nashville, I started playing these songwriter nights with people like Nickel Creek, Duncan Sheik, and even Ryan Adams... That was the first place I really started playing music, and I had to really step up my game. Really quick. Or get kicked off the stage. "
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Place
Step
" 'Nothing Left to Lose' was an album that I wrote in my bedroom, and you don't know who is listening or who cares. "
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" When I first started writing music, it was to express that. I was trying to find God and trying to find meaning in my life. That's what my music was about. It wasn't to entertain. "
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Writing
Music