Patterson Hood
Patterson Hood
Patterson David Hoodis an American singer-songwriter and co-founder of the band Drive-By Truckers...
calling people
I don't think people are going to be calling it 'Southern rock,'
aretha best boys church civil denies father franklin happened horrible living people playing records rights soul south southern time white
It in no way denies the horrible things that happened in the South during the civil rights struggle, ... The KKK and church bombings - all of those things did happen, but at the same time there were people like my father making Aretha Franklin records, these southern white boys who made their living playing on some of the best soul records ever made.
writing people stories
I'm more interested in writing about the personal stories of people. Sometimes I don't agree with them.
people doe
The road does not always bring out the best in people.
dark people
I feel like, as a people, we're sort of stumbling in the dark right now.
writing play people
Songwriting can be cathartic, but then you just keep it private. If you're going to play out and have other people listen to you, then you need to make sure there's some point to what you're saying.
strong people feelings
I'm lucky enough that people tend to agree a lot with what I say. But really if anyone in the band has a really strong feeling, it carries a lot of weight.
children exactly overnight poster stubborn together
Cooley and I have been together for 20 years now. It hasn't exactly been an overnight success, ... We're the poster children for stubborn persistence.
easy listen listening record
To me, it's an easy record to listen to. But it's not an easy-listening record,
almost attached bigger list record strictly
We wanted to make a record that was strictly song-oriented and wasn't attached to a bigger narrative. We almost had more of a list of what we didn't want than what we did want.
ignored knows lord since studio written
Most everything on it is real new. Lord knows I've got a backlog of songs, but when we went into the studio I pretty much ignored it. Everything else we've written since we started recording.
experiment fans influences pop power star
We're all big Big Star fans and fans of pop and power pop, and we wanted to experiment with those influences a little more than we have in the past.
bit dark ending happy hopefully
The record's not without its dark moments, but hopefully there's a little bit of a happy ending too,
putting slowly supposed taking together
We were supposed to be taking it slowly this fall, with putting together the album,