“I slowly realized as I got older that a lot of the reason I loved being on the road was because I was running from a lot of things that I just didn’t want to deal with. That song was just me finally realizing what I’ve been doing all these years and it’s not that I’m going to stop doing it, it’s just that I’m aware of what I’m doing.”Justin Townes Earle (237)

“My grandfather was a very large, barrel-chested Texas man. When he died a really big part of my life had been taken away. The person that I trusted the most and that I knew was there for me was gone and I wanted to write a song for him.”Justin Townes Earle (237)