Amos Lee Quotes
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Every time I write a song I feel really lucky and kind of surprised. Not surprised that I wrote it, but just surprised that things exist that you don't know about.
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I love vinyl, man.
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There's nothing but spirit in music. That's all it is. Yeah, there's a lot of intellectual elements to it, but no matter how you approach it, it's all spirit.
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I'm not afraid to be bluntly honest in my songs, even if it means I'm discovering things about myself that I'd rather not.
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I like down-to-earth people.
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I love when people are coming up and they're working hard and you can see that they're really focused on the process to their music. I really dig that. As a musician, it's nice to see people who really care about the process.
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I don't know anything about music theory at all. Zero. But I don't really need to.
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I don't really know what 'folk music' means anymore.
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I wasn't a very good teacher.
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Across the board, from my mother to my father to my aunts and uncles, everybody has always given me a lot of love.
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Genre, to me, is not all that important, and it never has been.
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I think most of the time when people have big disagreements and big misunderstandings, when time lessens that blow it creates a deeper understanding for both people.
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I can relate to soul, R&B... whatever people want to call me is fine. I just hope it makes them feel something.
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Songwriting isn't always something that's directly proportionate to the experience.
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I don't really know that there's any real rules for songwriting.
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I'm always flattered and honored when people cover my music or sing my songs, no matter where it is.
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I do not go on my Wikipedia page. There's just too much weird information on there for me to pick apart.
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I don't know anyone who is a writer who isn't influenced by the relationships in their life.
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I'm not a mass-appeal artist.
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You never really get a chance to sit down with the people you love, unless you really make an effort to do it. It doesn't just happen naturally anymore.
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I don't really hang out with a lot of celebrities.
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You need a strong sense of 'otherness' to be able to create in your life.
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I'm not into cold weather, I like warm weather.
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Understanding where your food comes from, trying to bolster local farmers and local economies and having a better connection to the food around you and the people around you, only good can come of that. I love to be involved with things like that.