Best 34 quotes of Jonny Lang on MyQuotes

Apparently, there's this whole set of disgruntled people but obviously it's not my intention to offend anyone by changing the style of music that I've done.

I definitely have a firm, fixed idea of what compromise is for me.

I feel so blessed, and God has been so good to me.

If you get raised up having everything you want and then get put out in the world and try to live your own life, you've never had anything to train you how to live.

I have an awesome church home and an awesome Pastor down in L.A., and I couldn't be happier.

I love all kinds of different music.

I'm not a fast, stream-of-consciousness lyricist at all - I know some guys who are, and if there is one skill I wish I had, it's that.

I moved from Minnesota out to Los Angeles and I thought I was going to hate it out there, but I really like it.

I really enjoy what I do and have been fortunate to pursue basically whatever I'm feeling at the time.

I see a lot of parents now who are really supporting their kids playing music.

I think I've just gotten better at learning how to write a song.

I think my favorite thing is the mystery of life - it makes you feel that much better about accomplishing something.

I think you have to know exactly what you want. Whether you want to be a guitar player or a musician, you have to be really focused on it if you really want to do it.

It's an honor to win a Grammy, of course.

It's just satisfying for me to be able to write kind of like a finished, nice product.

I've been getting into different gospel artists; Aretha Franklin is someone I've been listening to a lot of.

I've been in fortunate position of never really having to battle with my record company to do the things I wanted to do in the studio.

I've literally become comfortable with approaching whatever style of music at any time.

I've probably gone a month or two without playing guitar, just because I've gotten so burnt on it touring all year or whatever.

My dad used to play drums in a country band, and my mom is an incredible singer.

My dad was good friends with the Bad Medicine Blues Band - one of the only blues bands in Fargo, as you can imagine! He took me out to see them play when I was 12 years old and I was really inspired by their guitar player, Ted Larsen.

My parents had a huge pile of records - vinyl! - that I loved, especially the Motown stuff, Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding.

My passion is for playing music and although everyone needs a break sometimes just to keep things interesting and fresh, there's no way I would ever give that up.

Probably my favorite artists to listen to James Taylor, Stevie Wonder - I haven't gone back in a really long time and really listened to them - my first guitar influences. It's been awhile since I revisited that.

Right now I really enjoy writing songs.

Right, yeah, you know, my favorite thing just globally about music is just hopefully I'm able to be, you know, blessing the people in any way that I can.

Sometimes I'll get a burst when I write lyrics, it usually happens in 20 minutes and I'll write the whole song, and that's really the only way it feels comfortable.

Well, I got married about two and a half years ago, and that's been a big change in my life.

Well, people who are blues purist types are usually the most vocal and the ones that pop up on the websites.

When you get just that right audience and just that right sound on stage and you can just sit back and kinda just let it happen and it's not really any work. I love those moments. Nothing can beat that for me.

With the style of music that I do, I don't think it's at the top of their agenda to push me into doing any compromising material.

Yeah, touring can get rough some times and draining, but I always have to pinch myself and realize that I'm doing what I love.

You know, being able to, in my mind, have a song that you know doesn't really have any loose ends or you know, extra fat in it, so to speak.

The things that mattered Were broken and shattered One by one