Eric Church Quotes

My music is about my life. If it's something that I've lived, then it's something that I've written about.

I'm interested in music as an extension of character.

I think I sound like a fella who's always making a plea through his music. Sort of a plea of sincerity.

My music is an extension of who I am and what I went through and what I know musically.

I always say that music is a small drop in the ocean of life. I was told a long time ago that your horn, or whatever instrument you play, is a means to be in the world.

I try to make music that's relevant to my life and relatable to the culture I live in.

Pain's always been the root of my music. I just write what I feel.

Strangely, I feel that I become increasingly reclusive in my normal life and more open and candid in my music.

Music is such an intensely personal thing for me, and I knew if I was going to do it, it would be in my own way.

I'll make music, whether or not anyone is listening, for the rest of my life. It's a natural form of expression for me, the same way I draw and write and sing.

Everything in life influences my music. I've always used songwriting as a means to share what I think is profound.

My music and my lyrics are essentially emotional postcards.

I don't play pyrotechnic scales. I play about frustration, patience, anger. Music is an extension of my soul.

The guitar for me is a translation device. It's not a goal. And in some ways, jazz isn't a destination for me. For me, jazz is a vehicle that takes you to the true destination - a musical one that describes all kinds of stuff about the human condition and the way music works.

When I do music, I do it for me and my fans.

It's a big plethora of music floating around in my head all the time, and I'll sit there and write a song.

I play guitar and write music, and that's definitely a huge part of my life, but it's my personal thing that I have for me.

Artists who write songs... what they're going through usually comes through in their music.

I've listened to music all my life. I've always felt that music tells more stories sometimes than films, with more possibilities. Every time you listen to them, songs bring different images and moods - depending on where you are in your life, you can listen to a song, and it means something different.

'Hatful of Hollow' and 'The Smiths' were lent to me, and they made me want to create music that might make another person feel like they made me feel - to have an effect on someone.

You don't have to be singing specifically about things that are going on in your life, but because of the nature of music, because it is this incredibly emotional phenomenon, everything that you are feeling or experiencing is relayed in the music you put out.

Without a doubt, the best way to get to know me is through my music.

Composing is my life blood.

It was a really strange way that I came into music. Once I gave voice to it, the pit of emotions that I guess I knew was inside of me for a long time, the stream never really stopped.

My books are personal: I'm not saying they're the Bible of music.