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" I never got too specialized but did like the Southern Gothic writers like William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor. "

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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. "

" I don't think, to be a traveler, you have to reject setting roots up. "

" I'm a '90s music kid. "

" When 'Young Love' came out, I was really excited, and it has been really special. "

" Getting married and really digging in with another human being can point out your greatest strengths and your greatest weaknesses. "

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" Growing up in Eugene, Oregon, there was everything from The Notorious B.I.G. to Weezer playing in my car. "

" I love Bruce Springsteen's writing, but I grew up on '90s hip hop, like Tribe Called Quest. "

" I enjoy changing; I think it's more fun to try something different than to just do what you did last time. As an artist, you just want to keep creating, keep finding a place that really inspires you that feels fresh and new, and keep it exciting. "

" 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. "

" I do know great books help shape who I am and how I look at life. "

" I never wanted to be on an exclusively Christian label. "

" New Yorkers are historically tough crowds. "

" When I started forming my own taste, there was a period in high school when I listened to only rap and hip-hop, like A Tribe Called Quest. "

" I started as a writer. I didn't play music until late in life. "

" I'm actually named Matthew William Kearney: my middle name is named after my grandfather. "

" I think you can hear all my hip hop influences in 'Just Kids.' "

" I was an English major in college, so I really liked spoken word and poetry; it was what I did before I wrote music. "

" Minneapolis has always been a very special place for me. "

" I was an English major, and I always wrote poems. "

" 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. "

" The problem in this country is people gravitate toward one genre, and that's what they embrace. I don't understand that. If you hit me with Bell Biv Devoe meets country, well, I like the sound of that concept. "

" It's a job, and it's challenging. But I love music and creating. That's why I got into music. "

" There's this song called 'Brad Chester,' which is like the depths of my family. It comes from a very personal place. "

" My first album was hip-hop influenced, and my second was more of a singer-songwriter album. "

" 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. "

" I'm really influenced by '90s hip hop. A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul were my heroes growing up. "

" You go to a Springsteen show, and half of the people are there to party and forget about their cares, and they're being drawn to this visceral experience. And then the other half, you know, has lived and died with his 'Nebraska' album and considers him one of the greatest poets. "

" My songs have a layer of melancholy. "

" 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. "

" 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. "