A biography for Justin Townes Earlehasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“I love Motown, but I've obviously always been more of a Memphis soul fan. If it's Stax or Motown, I go Stax.”
“New York has always had a love for Southern artists. There's no place else that makes me feel like the city does. I just love the immediate nature of the city, you can get whatever you want whenever you want it and do whatever you want whenever you want to.”
“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.”
“Nashville's like any other hometown - after a while, it's stifling.”
“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.”