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" 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
Beautiful
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" Even with most finite planning, you never know what the final result will reveal itself to be until it's staring back at you. "
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" There are no expectations other than those I place on myself to be a great father and husband. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I'll never get tired of being told I sound like Waylon Jennings, but I don't hear it myself. "
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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. "
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" I used to play a lot of electric guitar. I don't really consider myself a guitar player anymore. Then I got really into how the pickups work. And winding and de-winding Telecaster pickups. And then building Telecasters. And I became more fascinated with making them than I was with actually playing them. So it's a slippery slope. "
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" I lived in Japan when I was younger for about two years. I spent my time equally between religiously studying Aikido in Shinjuku by day and hard partying in Shibuya and Roppongi by night. "
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" 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. "
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