Mat Kearney Quotes

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Mat Kearney

Profession : Musician

Birth : December 1, 1978

I was an English major, and I always wrote poems.

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My songs have a layer of melancholy.

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I started as a writer. I didn't play music until late in life.

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I think you can hear all my hip hop influences in 'Just Kids.'

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Paul Simon is the king!

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I love Bruce Springsteen's writing, but I grew up on '90s hip hop, like Tribe Called Quest.

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I think my faith is a huge part of my music. But for me, it didn't make sense to be in any specific market. I write songs for a lot of different kinds of people.

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When I set out to write, I want to write something that will rip your heart out and connect with you. Great songs connect beyond genre and style.

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God found me when I was at my lowest point. That was the first time in my life when I really felt like I understood who Jesus was - it was more than just knowing about Him: I felt like He met me in that time and place.

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Ultimately, when you write from a vantage point of faith, humility, and openness to the world around you, people have to respond because those same truths are instilled in them.

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'Nothing Left to Lose' was an album that I wrote in my bedroom, and you don't know who is listening or who cares.

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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.

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