Sturgill Simpson

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Some people will say, and have said, that I'm trying to run from country, but I'm never going to make anything other than a country record.

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I thought it was hilarious when 'Brace for Impact' was released, and people said I had abandoned country, even though the song is dripping with pedal steel. If anything, that tells me I'm making progress.

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Atlantic has been great to me. They didn't flinch when I told them I was self-producing, and nobody was popping their head in the studio.

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There are no expectations other than those I place on myself to be a great father and husband.

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I wanted to make an album that takes a journey through all my favorite periods in music and then culminates in something that will most likely end my career.

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I could go back to the railroad. I liked that job.

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I worked for Union Pacific. I started out as a conductor at an intermodal switching facility outside of Salt Lake City. We'd pull in trains from all over the country, break them apart, consolidate the freight, and build other trains. It was great until I screwed up and took a management position. Then it became no fun very quickly.

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I never really had any grand aspirations of mainstream country success because I know what that entails, and I'd probably be too much trouble for people to work with. If I can just reach the point where I can get 200 or 300 people in small clubs and I'm carving out enough money to pay my bills, then I'm the happiest guy I know.

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There have been many socially conscious concept albums. I wanted to make a 'social consciousness' concept album disguised as a country record.

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I'm interested in exploring various forms of newer media that might allow those who otherwise don't listen to country to find and connect with my music.

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