At some point, I’d like to make a record that’s more of a self-serving guitar album, because I really love to play. It’s not really something I’d expect a whole lot of people to buy, though. Jason Isbell Read Quote
I’ve spent a lot of time in a rock n’ roll band trying to fight off the fact that I was old enough to rent a car. And it’s all sort of rushed in at once now. And I like it. Jason Isbell Read Quote
When I was playing with the Truckers, a lot of really good things happened. And we had a good trajectory for a long time. For that kind of a band, for the kind of music that I’ve always made, we had a lot of success, I think. Jason Isbell Read Quote
If you’re the person whose problems were solved when you were born, your job is to try and help the people who aren’t in that situation. It’s very easy to say you’re tired of political discussion when all of your problems are solved. I keep trying to think of it that way. Jason Isbell Read Quote
If you’re going to document your own journey, the jokes work better in the first person, just like the stories do. Jason Isbell Read Quote
For me, the things like the Confederate flag – I just don’t think that it does anybody much good, and it certainly causes a lot of people a lot of pain. Jason Isbell Read Quote
I’ve always known that there are conflicting issues going on where I’m from. It’s always been that way. Jason Isbell Read Quote
I have a lot of reactions to the outside world that I don’t feel like would be appropriate for songs: things I’m not interested in writing about, things I don’t want to think about any longer than 15 or 20 seconds. Jason Isbell Read Quote
