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I think that it's the job of the artist to be in transition and constantly learn more. — Justin Townes Earle

As a southern man, there's two things I'm definitely not scared of: bow ties and white pants. — Justin Townes Earle

My parents split up when I was about 2. I realize more and more how much I'm like my father. My gentleness comes from my mother. — Justin Townes Earle

There's only two kinds of music: the blues and zippety doo-dah. — Townes Van Zandt

Alfred Nobel really understood very well the necessary supra-natural character of the human enterprise. — Charles H. Townes

I know I'm never going to be a big pop star, because I'm not willing to conform. — Justin Townes Earle

I've got a 27-inch waist. Before, I was stupid smaller. Finding clothes in the South was impossible. — Justin Townes Earle

Now you wear your skin like iron — Townes Van Zandt

I don't think you can ever do your best. Doing your best is a process of trying to do your best. — Townes Van Zandt

There's a certain urgency that comes from the records of the early 60s before overdubbing and multitracking came into play. — Justin Townes Earle

I'd like to write some songs that are so good that nobody understands them. Not even myself. — Townes Van Zandt

All my records have been written to be records, rather than writing a group of songs and seeing if they fit together. — Justin Townes Earle

I don't know why I write really depressing songs. I'm a kind of melancholy guy, I suppose. But I figure I'm about normal. — Townes Van Zandt

I try and eat good. On the road, that's next to impossible. And we eat a lot of unhealthy things when we're in Texas - that's what you do there. — Justin Townes Earle

I've met Bob Dylan's bodyguards, and if Steve Earle thinks he can stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table, he's sadly mistaken, — Townes Van Zandt

I'm the mold that grunge was grown in. — Townes Van Zandt

Sorrow and solitude, these are the precious things/ And the only words that are worth remembering. — Townes Van Zandt

There are only two kinds of songs; there's the blues, and there's zip-a-dee-doo-dah, — Townes Van Zandt

On the road, I weigh 168. At home, ten more. — Justin Townes Earle

Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world, and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that. — Steve Earle

It's almost a sort of fairy story tale, just what a novelist would write about a discovery. — Charles Hard Townes

I don't envision a long life for myself. Like, I think my life will run out before my work does, y'know? I've designed it that way. — Townes Van Zandt

I think a lot of men are afraid of pretty things, and I'm not, I like pretty songs. — Justin Townes Earle

There is some truth to the idea that, in the fields of science, individual contributions of great significance are possible. — Charles H. Townes

I've never been good at rock'n'roll songs, anyway; either I'm blessed or I'm cursed, but whatever I write comes out sounding old. — Justin Townes Earle

Nashville's like any other hometown - after a while, it's stifling. — Justin Townes Earle

When God said "Let there be light" he surely must have meant perfectly coherent light. — Charles Hard Townes

I didn't get into music to become a blues musician, or a country musician. I'm a singer-songwriter. In my book that means I get to do whatever I want. — Justin Townes Earle

Human's can't live in the present as animals do; they just live in the present. But human's are always thinking about the future or the past. — Townes Van Zandt

There's no such thing as a teenager that listens to a single word their father says. — Justin Townes Earle

come on mama, let's rent us a boat
sail down that gibraltar moat
shed a tear every time we pass tangier — Townes Van Zandt

I knew I wanted to be a scientist. Which kind of scientist was the question. — Charles H. Townes

I got a feeling that when I have kids, I'm going to have a little girl, and she's going to be completely sensible. — Justin Townes Earle

I don't envision a very long life for myself. I think my life will run out before my work does. I've designed it that way. — Townes Van Zandt

I love Motown, but I've obviously always been more of a Memphis soul fan. If it's Stax or Motown, I go Stax. — Justin Townes Earle

I'm Artistry through Fluent and Flowing Poetry in Motion and I'm Letting it Flow..... — De Ann "Native" Townes Jr.

Now the dark air is like fire on my skin, And even the moonlight is blinding — Townes Van Zandt

Aloneness is a state of being, whereas loneliness is a state of feeling. It's like the difference between being broke and being poor. — Townes Van Zandt

I strongly believe in the existence of God, based on intuition, observations, logic, and also scientific knowledge. — Charles Hard Townes

The beaver told the rabbit as they stared at the Hoover Dam: No, I didn't build it myself, but it's based on an idea of mine — Charles Hard Townes

Science has faith. We make postulates. We can't prove those postulates, but we have faith in them. — Charles H. Townes

Many have a feeling that somehow intelligence must have been involved in the laws of the universe. — Charles Hard Townes

I was brought up as Christian, and while my ideas have changed, I have always felt myself religiously oriented. — Charles H. Townes

Much public thinking follows a rut. The same thing is true in science. People get stuck and don't look in other directions. — Charles H. Townes