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" I love Michigan. "
Mat Kearney
Michigan
I Love
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" I didn't start writing music until I was a sophomore in college. I would steal my roommate's guitar and sit on the front porch and kind of blend this weird spoken word and these little melodies over simple chords; that really started my whole journey as a musician. "
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" There's something incredibly vulnerable about middle school for me. We're really impressionable during that period. The cement's still wet, so to speak, and a lot of things later in life are born during that season. "
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" I'm actually named Matthew William Kearney: my middle name is named after my grandfather. "
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" I think the way I love talking about my faith is through my story because I think that's all we have to work with sometimes. I think it's the most moving way to share your story, too - is what you know, what you've seen and heard and tasted and felt. "
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" Paul Simon is the king! "
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Paul
Simon
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" My first album was hip-hop influenced, and my second was more of a singer-songwriter album. "
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" 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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" 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
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" I think my faith is a huge part of my music. But for me, it didn't make sense to be in any specific market. I write songs for a lot of different kinds of people. "
Mat Kearney
Sense
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" Growing up in Eugene, Oregon, there was everything from The Notorious B.I.G. to Weezer playing in my car. "
Mat Kearney
Up
Car
Growing
" When my first record came out, it was in the middle of the real Muse, Keane, British thing, and that beat-driven thing wasn't really that cool at the moment. "
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Real
Muse
Middle
" When 'Young Love' came out, I was really excited, and it has been really special. "
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Been
Out
Special
" 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 read about two reviews early on when my first record came out, and it just freaked me out, good and bad, so I've never really kept up with that side of it. "
Mat Kearney
Good
Good And Bad
Early
" 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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Life
Writing
Music
" 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. "
Mat Kearney
World
Day
Love
" More than any other instrument, the relationship between an acoustic guitar and a microphone is super-important. The kind of mics that you use and your placement of the mics to the guitar can radically alter your sound. "
Mat Kearney
Guitar
You
Sound
" 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
Music
" I'm really influenced by '90s hip hop. A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul were my heroes growing up. "
Mat Kearney
Growing
Heroes
Growing Up
" I'm painfully a realist but ruthlessly an optimist. I think maybe it's because of my faith - I've always got the hope that there is something out there to make it all worthwhile. "
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Optimist
Hope
Think
" The first record blew up and sold really well. 'City of Black & White' didn't sell as well, and that's when you wonder, 'Did I peak already?' "
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City
You
Wonder
" I grew up in Oregon, so there was always a lot of that folksy, Bob Marley stuff. There was a mural of Bob Marley on a wall at my high school. "
Mat Kearney
Always
High
High School
" Generally, the songs that are the scariest ones are the ones that people connect to. "
Mat Kearney
Songs
Connect
People
" The first album was literally the first 12 songs I've ever written. "
Mat Kearney
Album
First
Literally
" I started as a writer. I didn't play music until late in life. "
Mat Kearney
Play
Writer
Started
" I love what I do. I love playing music. "
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Playing
I Love
Love
" Somehow, my music really suits doctors making out in the syringe room. "
Mat Kearney
Suits
Out
Room
" Getting married and really digging in with another human being can point out your greatest strengths and your greatest weaknesses. "
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Out
Human Being
Getting Married
" 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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God
Life
" I've never shaped or crafted my music for any specific group of people. Whoever connects with it is fine with me. I don't care where they come from. "
Mat Kearney
Care
Never
Group