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I'm not afraid to be bluntly honest in my songs, even if it means I'm discovering things about myself that I'd rather not.

Amos Lee

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Amos Lee
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: June 22
Composer
Guitarist
Jazz Guitarist
Jazz Musician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Afraid
Honest
Rather
Song
Means
Mean
Bluntly
Even
Discovering
Things
Songs

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Country artists have advantages all over the place. The radio support is incredible. The fanbase is rabid, all over.
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Nothing is more powerful than beauty in a wicked world.
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I live a pretty anonymous life.
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I don't really know that there's any real rules for songwriting.
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I don't know anyone who is a writer who isn't influenced by the relationships in their life.
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I'm always flattered and honored when people cover my music or sing my songs, no matter where it is.
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Across the board, from my mother to my father to my aunts and uncles, everybody has always given me a lot of love.
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You need a strong sense of 'otherness' to be able to create in your life.
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I don't know anything about music theory at all. Zero. But I don't really need to.
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I'm not a mass-appeal artist.
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Songwriting isn't always something that's directly proportionate to the experience.
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I can relate to soul, R&B... whatever people want to call me is fine. I just hope it makes them feel something.
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I don't really know what 'folk music' means anymore.
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I like down-to-earth people.
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There's not a whole lot of media interest in me other than just the records that I make.
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As an experience, as a listener, for me, I miss the record store. I miss going in and knowing the guy at the counter and being like, Hey, knowing that he was going to hate the record I put on the counter, and still buying it. That takes some guts.
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My favorite time in music is probably 1970-75. Still Bill by Bill Withers, Harvest by Neil Young, John Prine's first album, James Taylor's One Man Dog-I hope I can bring the same sort of spirit I hear on those records.
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