My dad, as much as I love him, has one of those signs - 'The Isbell's' - on his front door, and he's got the damn apostrophe in there. I haven't strangled him yet. Jason Isbell More Quotes by Jason Isbell More Quotes From Jason Isbell There are so few people that wake up every day and go do something that they dont dread... Im very lucky. Jason Isbell wake-upluckypeople My favorite thing about going to concerts has always been looking around and thinking that theres a lot of people in here that are very much like me, a lot of people in here I could have a full conversation with. Jason Isbell favorites-thingspeoplethinking People love to be listened to and represented, and they love it when they feel like you have some of the same problems that they do. Everybody deals with things like romantic difficulties in relationships and death and cancer and abuse. Jason Isbell cancerabusepeople I don't think I'd be happy if I were satisfied. I enjoy challenge, and I wouldn't say that I'm an ambitious person career-wise or financially, really. I would like to travel more comfortably, but that's really about all I need. Jason Isbell careerswisethinking I've grown tired of traveling alone, won't you ride with me? Jason Isbell traveling-alonetired When I stopped drinking... there were so many things I had to face that I didnt even realize were part of my makeup before. When you do that and have any changes that severe, you lose a lot of things, both good and bad. Jason Isbell makeupdrinkingfaces I've never been someone who's very prone to boredom. I don't know, boredom seems like something you should grow out of at about 15 or 16. There's so much that needs to be done. Jason Isbell boredomdoneneeds I write pretty much year-round, but I definitely do more when a deadline is looming. Jason Isbell deadlinewritingyears As my life changes, it gives me new things to write about. Jason Isbell my-lifemenew-thingslife The idea of growing up in the South and being a man is an interesting thing; there's a lot masculinity involved, with hunting, fishing, and playing sports that rural people take pride in, but at the same time, I grew up really not wanting to hate anybody. Jason Isbell mantimesportspeople I think great songs appeal to people at any age. Kids love the Beatles, too. Kids love Tom T. Hall. Of course, Tom T. wrote some things that were specifically for kids. But I think kids recognize quality more than they get credit for sometimes. Jason Isbell qualityagelovepeople It's not easy to sit down and open yourself up and say, 'This is how much I love you,' you know? It's scary to do that. Jason Isbell yourselfyoui-love-youlove I feel like people have a lot of the same good times and the same interests pretty much anywhere. Jason Isbell feelgoodgood-timespeople I think a lot of people are scared, and I know I was scared to get sober, at least using this as an excuse; 'I don't want to be one of those sober people.' And I don't think you have to be. I think you can be one of those people who happens to be sober. Jason Isbell thinkknowyoupeople I didn't know what to expect when we first started touring behind 'Southeastern' because you don't want to lull anybody to sleep or lose their attention. But it's really been incredible how the crowds seem to be just as excited for the slow, sad songs as they are for the old rockers. Jason Isbell loseyousadsleep Physical labor, manual labor - if you can stay close to those folks, there's always plenty to write about, 'cause their issues are real issues. Jason Isbell stayyoualwaysreal Whatever needed to be done, I need to know how to do it just as well as my wife. You know, for us to be able to really balance the parenting. It was very humbling, and it was also, um - terrifying. Because, you know, giving a baby a bath for the first time is one of the scariest things you can do on this whole earth. Jason Isbell youparentingwifetime As far as being satisfied, I just don't think you should work towards being satisfied. If everybody were satisfied, we'd never get anything done. Jason Isbell neverthinkyouwork An incredible number of people have raised children who aren't too screwed up. Surely, I won't be the worst at it. Jason Isbell whoworstchildrenpeople I've dealt with a lot of physical pain, with a lot of emotional pain; anybody's who's ever been an alcoholic has handled both of those in extreme. Jason Isbell physicalbeenemotionalpain
