My genre of music is very eclectic. I might play some Latin jazz, or just go into a spontaneous jazz thing. That's the thing about coming to one... →
Sheila E.
Having that music around us all the time, it was so inspiring. But at the same time, I was a kid. I didn't pay attention to any of it. I'd... →
What I'm doing is basically the same as Bob Dylan did with folk songs and Woody Guthrie songs, the same as folk music's always done. I'm... →
Justin Townes Earle
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... →
I discovered the same thing Gram Parsons did, that soul music and country music are practically identical. Based off of the same chord structures... →
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... →
The singer-songwriter has always played music that was stylistically rooted in the '30s and the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. But the fact... →
Steve Earle
Music was very influential on me as a kid.
In New York, I'm around a lot of the reasons I started playing music in the first place. I live right behind Matt Umanov Guitars. I live on the... →
I don't care what's happening in the mainstream of country music. I haven't in a long time.