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" 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. "

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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. "

Sturgill Simpson

Heart

Family

Dedication

" There's a lot going on in country music, with indie-label hipsters and underground bloggers arguing their interpretations of what country is, and pop-country stars defending themselves. That deserves to be poked fun at. "

" 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. "

" 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

Find

Internet

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Anytime I ever have met someone that was very angry or full of negativity, nine times out of ten, if you really take a good look at that person's life, there's probably not a whole lot of love going on there. "

" 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. "

" I think when you're dealing with any issues about trying to become a better human being, you have to look at a lot of things about yourself that maybe you don't want to or aren't able to. "

" I want people to focus on listening, not the image. And I want to play to everyone: rednecks, dubstep kids, punk rockers, and people who like as-real-as-it-gets country music. "

" Part of me still feels like I've never had the opportunity to properly express all my earliest influences, so for now, I find isolation to be my biggest influence. "

Sturgill Simpson

Isolation

Opportunity

" 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. "

" My wife thinks I'm crazy. "

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

" I just have to do what it is going to make me happy, first and foremost - what is honest and what is sincere. Anybody that listens will hopefully connect with that. "

Sturgill Simpson

Honest

Will

" London's been really good to me - England as a whole - but the Scots and the Irish especially are very appreciative because that's kind of where it all came from. "

" 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

Nobody

Studio

" I fail to see how anything can still be weird in 2016. "

" I'll never get tired of being told I sound like Waylon Jennings, but I don't hear it myself. "

" 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. "

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

Sturgill Simpson

Sunday

Playing

" I thought it was hilarious when 'Brace for Impact' was released, and people said I had abandoned country, even though the song is dripping with pedal steel. If anything, that tells me I'm making progress. "

" 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

Everything

Where

" Music Row gets dragged through the dirt, but they're just trying to survive. "

" I never really had any grand aspirations of mainstream country success because I know what that entails, and I'd probably be too much trouble for people to work with. If I can just reach the point where I can get 200 or 300 people in small clubs and I'm carving out enough money to pay my bills, then I'm the happiest guy I know. "

" All I'm really interested in musically is trying to make concept albums. Serving a larger sum than the parts. "

" Fewer and fewer bars are doing live music. Instead it's more DJs and dance parties. "

" Let's just cut a live record with three microphones in four days and talk about lizards and aliens. If I had taken that idea to even an independent label, I don't see a label out there that would've said, 'Oh yeah, that sounds great. We know how to market this.' "

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

Sturgill Simpson

Grateful

" Saviours get crucified. "

Sturgill Simpson

Crucified

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