Mat Kearney
If you make people think they're thinking they'll like you, but if you make people actually think, then watch out, you're not going to be popular.Collection: Thinking
Well, I never made a record to be in the Christian market. So when I made my record it was to exist in all of the markets. I grew up not really listening to tons of Christian music and if I did it was in the context of all the other music I listened to. So when I made the record I definitely had plans and visions and dreams.Collection: Christian
I think one of the things that I carry, and just my goals in life, is just encourage people and make them feel joy and celebrated and they leave feeling like maybe there was stuff talked about that was difficult, but then there was a voice of redemption and grace in the middle of that.Collection: Thinking
My artistic goal was to write something that's one hundred percent real and true to me and to this world. I tried to touch on truths that really connect with people from every avenue of life. 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. Honestly, I don't have any agenda other than being sincere, real, and passionate about these songs and the music I make.Collection: Song
I love creating. I am addicted to the drug of creation and creating things. I get a little depressed when I am struggling to find what I know is locked inside. If it's a lyric or something that is challenging me, I can be very depressed, but when it's like heaven opens up and it gives you a song, it's amazing. There's nothing else that I enjoy more probably.Collection: Song
Just because you've written a song doesn't mean that you have pulled through. There are definitely songs where I embodied someone else's pain and that was purely to serve the listener because I knew they needed to hear something. But most of the good stuff comes from my life.Collection: Song
I never play all new stuff, because you got to "dance with the girl that brought you" what is that saying? You got to play the songs that got you there, so I love playing the songs from my very first record.Collection: Girl
As an artist, you just want to keep creating, keep finding a place that really inspires you that feels fresh and new and keep it exciting.Collection: Artist
Don't apologize for all the tears you've cried, you've been way too strong now for all your life.Collection: Strong
I guess we're all one phone call from our kneesCollection: Phones
I love being vulnerable. It's scary. I feel like the best stuff that I have ever written can come from real vulnerable places.Collection: Real
Songs really tend to connect.Collection: Song
I enjoy changing; I think it's more fun to try something different than to just do what you did last time.Collection: Fun
I love creating moments that feel bigger than just like an artist on stage.Collection: Artist
When I set out to write, I want to write something that will rip your heart out.Collection: Rip