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Mat Kearney
Mat Kearney
American Musician
Born: Dec 1, 1978
Always Love Me Music People You
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I've never been one to learn scales and do exercises. Maybe I'm lazy, but I just don't take to that kind of thing. Learning other people's songs is enjoyable, and my fingers tend to go to new places because I'm not playing my music, the stuff that comes naturally to me. Mat Kearney
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I'm actually named Matthew William Kearney: my middle name is named after my grandfather. Mat Kearney
William Name Named Matthew Middle After Grandfather Actually
I think the way I love talking about my faith is through my story because I think that's all we have to work with sometimes. I think it's the most moving way to share your story, too - is what you know, what you've seen and heard and tasted and felt. Mat Kearney
Work Love Faith You Sometimes Seen Think Too Way About Through Share Know Most Talking Because Felt Heard Tasted Story Moving Your
Golf was big in my family. Mat Kearney
Family Big Golf
My dad was a scratch golfer growing up. When I'm on the road, I always bring my clubs with me. Mat Kearney
Me Road Always Up Scratch Clubs Golfer Dad Growing Growing Up Bring
I enjoy changing; I think it's more fun to try something different than to just do what you did last time. 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. Mat Kearney
Time You Try Enjoy Think Changing Finding Something More Inspires Exciting Feels New Fresh Than Did Artist Just Different Want Place Really Creating Fun Keep Last Last Time
Getting married and really digging in with another human being can point out your greatest strengths and your greatest weaknesses. Mat Kearney
Human Being Digging Out Married Weaknesses Point Another Greatest Getting Human Getting Married Being Really Your Strengths
I am a micromanager, and I love being involved in every detail of my life, but in the big picture, you realize how little control you have. 'Air I Breathe' is about those moments of surrender where you get to something that is bigger than you, and you don't have answers for it. Mat Kearney
Life Love You Surrender My Life Picture Big Control Every Air Those Detail About Something Involved How Am Answers Than Get Big Picture Being Where Bigger Little Breathe Realize Moments
I started writing music in a season of my life where people were telling me I wasn't defined by mistakes, and God really loved me and was fighting for me, and there was a journey to be had with that. And I don't know of a more important message. Mat Kearney
Life Music God Journey Me People Writing My Life Important Mistakes Fighting Defined Telling More Had Know Message Important Message Were Where Loved Really Season Started
Money definitely does not equal success in recording. Mat Kearney
Success Money Recording Definitely Equal Does
The first year I moved to Nashville, I started playing these songwriter nights with people like Nickel Creek, Duncan Sheik, and even Ryan Adams... That was the first place I really started playing music, and I had to really step up my game. Really quick. Or get kicked off the stage. Mat Kearney
Music Game People First Year Stage Nights Kicked Had Songwriter Step Like First Place Nashville Off Up Quick Get Moved Place Really Even Nickel Started Playing Creek
When I was in college, I wanted to study film. My first passion was to be a cinematographer. So maybe there's something innate in my music where it partners well with images. Mat Kearney
Music Passion College First Cinematographer Something Study Well Partners Maybe Where Wanted Film Innate Images
There are people I love in Nashville and would not want to go a day without talking to, but I want to see the world. Mat Kearney
Love Day People World Would See Talking Without Nashville Go Want
As an artist, you tend to gravitate to the opposite. I know, when I finish a song or an album, I'm interested in doing something completely new. It doesn't always happen, but that's the idea. My poor fans - I don't know if they love that or hate that. Mat Kearney
Love You Hate Song Fans Something Finish Tend Idea New Know Always Doing Opposite Artist Happen Interested Poor Gravitate Album
You write these songs which are really dear to you about your family or friends, loved ones, and then you get this call, and they say, 'It's perfect for two vampires making out in the back of a car.' It's some random TV show, and so I say, 'Oh, yeah, perfect - that's what I meant it for.' Mat Kearney
Family You Car Random Back Say Out TV Vampires TV Show Some About Perfect Write Songs Call Making Dear Yeah Friends Get Oh Oh Yeah Loved Loved Ones Which Then Really Meant Your Show They Say Two
I'm painfully a realist but ruthlessly an optimist. I think maybe it's because of my faith - I've always got the hope that there is something out there to make it all worthwhile. Mat Kearney
Hope Faith Think Out Worthwhile Something Make Because Always Got Optimist Maybe Realist Painfully
When 'Young Love' came out, I was really excited, and it has been really special. Mat Kearney
Love Young Out Has-Been Excited Came Been Really Special
I love to play the songs that got me to where I am. I like to take a little bit from all of my records and mix it up. Mat Kearney
Love Me Bit Records Take Songs Like Got Am Mix Up Where Little Little Bit Play
I played soccer. I was really known as an athlete. It was a shock to people that I was doing music. They thought it was really odd. Mat Kearney
Music People Thought Athlete Known Doing Odd Shock Soccer Really Played
I started as a writer. I didn't play music until late in life. Mat Kearney
Life Music Late Writer Until Play Play Music Started
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. Mat Kearney
Faith You People World Humility Those Respond Vantage Vantage Point Point Write Instilled Openness Because Around Ultimately Truths Same Them
Even on tour, where I perform songs from 'City Of Black And White,' I still do songs from 'Nothing Left To Lose.' I never turned my back on that material. On some albums, you change - that's all. The trick is to follow your heart and do what feels right. Mat Kearney
You Change Heart Black Black And White Follow Your Heart Lose Nothing White Back Trick City Follow Some Tour Never Songs Perform Feels Material Still Left Where Turned Your Even Right Albums
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