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 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.
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.
I can relate to soul, R&B... whatever people want to call me is fine. I just hope it makes them feel something.
Country artists have advantages all over the place. The radio support is incredible. The fanbase is rabid, all over.
I don't really know what 'folk music' means anymore.
I don't really know that there's any real rules for songwriting.