Justin Townes Earle

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.

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

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

In early 1993, when I was 12, I was separated from my family as the Sierra Leone civil war, which began two years earlier, came into my life.

The frontiers we broke into in the '60s are still largely unexplored.

I've been so entwined with technology since I was about 15, recording myself and multitracking and producing things on my own.