Country music especially can get very formulaic - you know, you have to have your verses and a bridge and a chorus, and a lot of the songs are written as just plain and simple poetry on the road. Sturgill Simpson bridgechoruscountry Change image and share on social
My paternal grandfather, when he was in the army in World War II - he was over in the South Pacific, and he thought he was gonna die. And he wrote a letter to my grandmother and their newborn son, thinking he wasn't gonna come home. Sturgill Simpson armydiegonna share on social
Willie Nelson, Marty Robbins, Merle Haggard and Keith Whitley - guys like that were huge influences. Sturgill Simpson guyhaggardhuge Change image and share on social
I want all that dirt and grime and life-sauce. A lot of my favorite old soul records have it, but you don't hear it on country records anymore. Sturgill Simpson anymorecountrydirt Change image and share on social
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. Sturgill Simpson appreciativeenglandgood Change image and share on social
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 avoidfindinternet Change image and share on social
I'll never get tired of being told I sound like Waylon Jennings, but I don't hear it myself. Sturgill Simpson hearjenningssound Change image and share on social
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. Sturgill Simpson astrophysicistcosmologyhave share on social
Somebody told me once it takes an Americana song five minutes to say what a country song says in three - so I try to write country songs. But really, all good music is just soul music. Sturgill Simpson americanacountrygood Change image and share on social
