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• All my records have been written to be records, rather than writing a group of songs and seeing if they fit together.

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• I didn’t do anything differently than what my father was doing. It’s a really hard family to rebel in. I could have become an accountant. Or I could have become a Republican.

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• I didn’t get into music to become a blues musician, or a country musician. I’m a singer-songwriter. In my book that means I get to do whatever I want.

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• I discovered the same thing Gram Parsons did, that soul music and country music are practically identical. Based off of the same chord structures, and the songs are of heartache and loss. The main connection is they both came up in church.

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• I grew up in a racially mixed neighborhood. So going over to friends’ houses for dinner, their parents listened to Al Green and Luther Ingram. It was something that hit me early on, the feeling that came across.

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• I heard Nirvana, and discovered that songs could be like poetry, but a little bit more refined: you didn’t have to have 20 verses to get your point across.

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• I got a feeling that when I have kids, I’m going to have a little girl, and she’s going to be completely sensible.

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• I know I’m never going to be a big pop star, because I’m not willing to conform.

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• I love Motown, but I’ve obviously always been more of a Memphis soul fan. If it’s Stax or Motown, I go Stax.

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• I think a lot of men are afraid of pretty things, and I’m not, I like pretty songs.

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• I think that it’s the job of the artist to be in transition and constantly learn more.

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• I think the best thing an artist can do is not hang out with other artists. I really dislike hanging out with musicians, for the most part, except for a few select friends, because I don’t like to talk about music all the time.

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• I’ve always written. When I was in school, the only teacher who ever liked me was my creative writing teacher. I used to enter poetry competitions, and I don’t think I ever lost one. So I had the idea for a while of being some kind of poet.

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• I try and eat good. On the road, that’s next to impossible. And we eat a lot of unhealthy things when we’re in Texas – that’s what you do there.

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• I’ve never been good at rock’n’roll songs, anyway; either I’m blessed or I’m cursed, but whatever I write comes out sounding old.

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• Nashville’s like any other hometown – after a while, it’s stifling.

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• My parents split up when I was about 2. I realize more and more how much I’m like my father. My gentleness comes from my mother.

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• On the road, I weigh 168. At home, ten more.

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• There’s a certain urgency that comes from the records of the early 60s before overdubbing and multitracking came into play.

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• There’s no such thing as a teenager that listens to a single word their father says.

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Justin Townes Earle (26)

Birth:	4th January, 1982
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Musician, Singer

About

Justin Townes Earle is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Earle records with Bloodshot Records and has five released albums from since 2007. He is the son of alternative country artist Steve Earle. Earle grew up in South Nashville, Tennessee, with his mother, Carol Ann Hunter Earle. His father Steve Earle gave Justin his middle name in honor of his mentor Townes van Zandt. He left Justin's mother when Justin was 2.

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