American - Musician | December 1, 1978 -
I was an English major in college, so I really liked spoken word and poetry; it was what I did before I wrote music.
Mat Kearney
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I never wanted to be on an exclusively Christian label.
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It's silly to throw things out or label things. You know, is U2 a Christian band, or was Johnny Cash a Christian country singer? I don't know, but they're pretty open about their faith.
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When I first started writing music, it was to express that. I was trying to find God and trying to find meaning in my life. That's what my music was about. It wasn't to entertain.
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I love what I do. I love playing music.
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I'm a '90s music kid.
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Growing up in Eugene, Oregon, there was everything from The Notorious B.I.G. to Weezer playing in my car.
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I would sit in my dorm room and write songs. I loved it. I was learning to sing and play guitar. I was becoming a musician. I was the beginner who somehow could write a song.
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I didn't know music would end up being my job, but I loved it so much I wanted to do it every day.
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New Yorkers are historically tough crowds.
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I read about two reviews early on when my first record came out, and it just freaked me out, good and bad, so I've never really kept up with that side of it.
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When my first record came out, it was in the middle of the real Muse, Keane, British thing, and that beat-driven thing wasn't really that cool at the moment.
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