Shooter Jennings Quotes

United States, Singer-Songwriter
May 19, 1979

Waylon Albright "Shooter" Jennings is an American singer-songwriter who has released seven albums and numerous EPs. He also has made multiple appearances and cameos in films. Jennings is active mainly in outlaw country and Southern rock genres. Jennings is the son of country music legends Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter.

Being with my kids is really important to me, being a good dad and being around a lot.

Shooter Jennings
- Important
- Kids
- Dad
I was able to be more reckless and now I still make mistakes, but having kids, you have a responsibility and these little people who are looking up to you for everything.

Shooter Jennings

L.A.'s cool; I had a run with it to where it just pretty much wore me out. I love the weather and I have great friends there, great family, but I really cannot take a lot of the culture. Like Nashville, where everybody's a songwriter, everybody out there is an actor.

Shooter Jennings
- Culture
- Running
- Actors
All those songs are totally timeless. They'll always stand up because they came from a real place. They weren't crafted songs. They were written from the heart.

Shooter Jennings
- Real
- Heart
- Song
All of my records have been very personal, just writing more and more songs, you get better at being able to say what you feel.

Shooter Jennings
- Writing
- Song
- Feels
I don't think I thought I was going to go into music, and I don't think it hit me until I was 13 or 14, and then I was gone. Just like that. At that point, there was nothing else that could keep my attention.

Shooter Jennings
- Thinking
- Attention
- Gone
You know, when I was younger I was into all kinds of art - drawing, painting, all that stuff. But I played drums, played piano forever.

Shooter Jennings
If you are close to your parents or a grandparent, you watch as they get old and you learn so much from that, and it makes you want to learn more while you have time.

Shooter Jennings