I’ve always sought to get after something that’s foundational in people. That comes through my faith, through my belief in life, through trying to hit something that’s true every time. I think that’s really where you move people, when you touch on something that’s true, that’s not based on fluff or based on a moment or a movement. Mat Kearney Read Quote
When I was in college, I wanted to study film. My first passion was to be a cinematographer. So maybe there’s something innate in my music where it partners well with images. Mat Kearney Read Quote
There are people I love in Nashville and would not want to go a day without talking to, but I want to see the world. Mat Kearney Read Quote
Songs like ‘Learn To Love Again’ and ‘Rochester’ and some of the more gut-wrenching ones deal with the pain of the younger times of your life… trying to make sense of some the stuff we probably all went through. Mat Kearney Read Quote
As an artist, you tend to gravitate to the opposite. I know, when I finish a song or an album, I’m interested in doing something completely new. It doesn’t always happen, but that’s the idea. My poor fans – I don’t know if they love that or hate that. Mat Kearney Read Quote
I’m painfully a realist but ruthlessly an optimist. I think maybe it’s because of my faith – I’ve always got the hope that there is something out there to make it all worthwhile. Mat Kearney Read Quote
With ‘City of Black & White,’ I wanted a record that would make you feel good, that would sort of take you up in its hand and sweep you along. Mat Kearney Read Quote
