Amos Lee
Amos Lee
Amos Lee is an American singer-songwriter whose musical style encompasses folk, rock and soul. He was born in Philadelphia and graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in English. After working as a schoolteacher and bartender he began to pursue a career in music. His manager submitted a demo recording to Blue Note Records which resulted in a recording contract and an association with singer Norah Jones...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth22 June 1977
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
I love when people are coming up and they're working hard and you can see that they're really focused on the process to their music. I really dig that. As a musician, it's nice to see people who really care about the process.
I'm always flattered and honored when people cover my music or sing my songs, no matter where it is.
I'm not a mass-appeal artist.
I grew up working at a record store and listening to vinyl. Even if it's side A and B, there's always this continuity that really turned me on about music.
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.
I can relate to soul, R&B... whatever people want to call me is fine. I just hope it makes them feel something.
Theres nothing but spirit in music. Thats all it is. Yeah, theres a lot of intellectual elements to it, but no matter how you approach it, its all spirit.
If you're a novelist, you have sort of themes that run throughout novels. You start a novel and you finish a novel. With record-making in the singer-songwriter world or whatever it is that I do, it's a little different because there is no specific arc that is necessarily, like it's not a concept record.
I'm in love with a girl who's in love with the world.
Nothing is more powerful than beauty in a wicked world.
I like down-to-earth people.
I can relate to soul, R&B... whatever people want to call me is fine. I just hope it makes them feel something.