I won't say I'm analog. I'm not like Jack White. I'm more like 1991. Shooter Jennings More Quotes by Shooter Jennings More Quotes From Shooter Jennings 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 realheartsong 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 grandparentwantwatches 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 responsibilitymistakekids 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 get-betterwritingsong 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 nashvillerunningweather Being with my kids is really important to me, being a good dad and being around a lot. Shooter Jennings dadimportantkids 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 pianodrawingart 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 goneattentionthinking I've had my fair share of words being twisted and articles being sliced and diced. Shooter Jennings fairwordsbeingshare I'm in control of my musical career, which means more than awards and record sales. And that freedom is exactly what my dad fought for, too. Shooter Jennings controlawardsdadfreedom That's the thing I love the most - making records and creating new things. That's always the thing that grabbed me. Making records is the thing that I really love. Shooter Jennings newmenew-thingslove Albums like 'Major Moves' or 'High Notes' - those still sound good to me. Shooter Jennings highgoodmesound There was something about Hank Williams, Jr. that I really latched onto from an early age. Shooter Jennings aboutsomethingearlyage I misfired and said some things in the past about people, namely John Mayer. And I didn't have the guts to apologize. Shooter Jennings thingssaidpeoplepast My dad never liked labels, and neither do I. Shooter Jennings neitherneverlabelsdad Anything I write is going to be autobiographical and true to some degree. Shooter Jennings degreetrueanythingsome Dave Cobb is someone who shows up every day and is playing guitar and never takes his eye off the ball. That's what the greats in music do. The music is in great hands as long as he's making it. Shooter Jennings daygreatguitarmusic I think the first older artist I related to and loved was Bowie. Shooter Jennings lovedfirstthinkartist I can't get booked on the Fourth of July, or it'll be, 'Do you want to open for the opener for Toby Keith?' Hell, no. Shooter Jennings getyouhellwant The smartest thing I've done for my kids is writing a song about a holiday. Every year after that, even after I'm gone, they'll get a small check from the play it gets around the Fourth. Shooter Jennings smallholidaywritingsong
