Sturgill Simpson

“I didn't graduate from college, so I might as well be on Atlantic Records, right?”

“I needed a writing space to get out of my house with the little guy. Because any time I try to write or sit down and do things, he wants to be there with me and play the guitar.”

“I knew I wanted to make a concept record in song-cycle form, like my favorite Marvin Gaye records where everything just continuously flows.”

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

“I walked in, looked around, and the navy recruiter was a really hot brunette, so I signed up with her.”

“I pretty much just hang out with the kid. I want, like three more, because that's all I ever want to do.”

“I worked for Union Pacific. I started out as a conductor at an intermodal switching facility outside of Salt Lake City. We'd pull in trains from all over the country, break them apart, consolidate the freight, and build other trains. It was great until I screwed up and took a management position. Then it became no fun very quickly.”

“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.”

“You spend all this time reading or thinking or praying or searching or exploring.Maybe there's an Omega Point of love.”

“I tried to make a honky-tonk country record - rough-hewn, cut fast, and all analog - like I wasn't hearing anymore.”

“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.'”