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
Understanding where your food comes from, trying to bolster local farmers and local economies and having a better connection to the food around you and the people around you, only good can come of that. I love to be involved with things like that.
Every time I write a song I feel really lucky and kind of surprised. Not surprised that I wrote it, but just surprised that things exist that you don't know about.
The cool thing about being a songwriter, or a writer, I guess, in general, you can take on a lot of different things, experience a lot of different things, just by writing about them.
You never really get a chance to sit down with the people you love, unless you really make an effort to do it. It doesn't just happen naturally anymore.
There's nothing but spirit in music. That's all it is. Yeah, there's a lot of intellectual elements to it, but no matter how you approach it, it's all spirit.
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.
I don't really know what 'folk music' means anymore.
I don't really know that there's any real rules for songwriting.
I don't really hang out with a lot of celebrities.
I don't know anything about music theory at all. Zero. But I don't really need to.
I don't know anyone who is a writer who isn't influenced by the relationships in their life.
I do not go on my Wikipedia page. There's just too much weird information on there for me to pick apart.
Genre, to me, is not all that important, and it never has been.
Country artists have advantages all over the place. The radio support is incredible. The fanbase is rabid, all over.