Jason Isbell Quotes

The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names.

I'm scared to give gratitude to the people that, if I hadn't heard their stuff, I wouldn't be able to make music.

I think I'm influenced a lot by Drake in specific ways in my writing.

You know if I see a work that really I am very affected by and inspired by then it makes me want to try things with my work that maybe I hadn't considered trying before and I think that is the biggest complement that you can pay somebody.

We all grew up idolizing another musician. That's how this works. That's how music is created.

I don't really know that I'm aware of a lot of the inspiration and influence that I'm under, because I didn't have an extensive musically educational upbringing.

I love Maira Kalman. She's an amazing illustrator and writer. I've loved her since I was in college, but when I moved to New York and experienced the same city she was drawing and writing about, I developed a whole new appreciation. Her work made me observe everything so much deeper and more joyfully.

Movies like 'Westworld' used ideas I'd thought of a long time ago.

It's intimidating any time to have a piece of art that someone else created, and that person says, 'Let's see what you created based on what I created.'

As a kid, looking at Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, New Edition, the Temptations, Motown, people who I felt were huge artists, they made me wanna do something.

I've been ripping the Rolling Stones off with every song I write in some form or another.

If you look at any creative person's work, you can see bits and pieces of their influences. That's what an artist does.

There are so many artists that have inspired me.

We've never been shy to admit that Metallica is a huge influence in our lives and on our music.

If there was a direct influence on a song, I never hid it.

I'm really big into lyrics in my own songs, so I look up to Drake in that aspect.

Mani Ratnam is my biggest inspiration.

I didn't have many role models or interesting women to get stirred up by until Yoko Ono came along.

I leave everyone to have their own opinions of my music and my influence - or not - on others.

I really care about what I put out, and probably more than the fans care. At times, I think I over-care. But I just know that the body of work has such a high standard that it's kind of like, in my own head, I need to at least match it if not get over that, so that's the challenge.

I think... people are inspired by our music, and that's cool. We all borrow each other's music.

We've influenced other artists, and when younger generations become fans of those artists and hear about us, they discover our music too.

Who influenced me the most? I'd have to say Lauryn Hill, I think she influenced me the most.

I have grown up listening to Strings and they have always been a source of inspiration to me.

I feel like I influence more than just rap.