Shooter Jennings Quotes

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Shooter Jennings

Profession : Musician

Birth : May 19, 1979

The smartest thing I've done for my kids is writing a song about a holiday. Every year after that, even after I'm gone, they'll get a small check from the play it gets around the Fourth.

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My kids are deep. My daughter plays music. My son, Black Jack, doesn't forget anything.

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I won't say I'm analog. I'm not like Jack White. I'm more like 1991.

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My dream was always to be on the production side of things. Even as a little kid, when my dad would bring me to the studio, I always loved that.

Shooter Jennings

The biggest misconception my whole life is that I'm rich, that I had all this money from my dad, which I did not.

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I feel comfortable in my own skin writing about the things that I like because I know that there are other people out there that understand what I'm talking about.

Shooter Jennings

My favorite bands are Hank Williams Jr. and Led Zeppelin. When it's rock, it's '70s rock, and when it's country, it's '70s country. For me, it's the grit and dirt of music that I love so much.

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A lot of people that I've met who don't like country music just haven't been introduced to the old country.

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It took me a little while to get sorrow under the belt enough to understand country music's lyrics and strengths.

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I would be happy to be a footnote in my dad's bio. I don't care about trying to be famous or prove that I didn't need him. Even if they say I'm riding his coattails, I'm confident enough in my own music that I don't worry about that.

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I'm usually pretty punctual. I'm not one to like to be late. When I was younger, I was the guy who'd leave the house early if I had to get somewhere and drive around for a while until it got to be time to show up.

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