Jonny Lang
Jonny Lang
Jonny Langis an American blues, gospel, and rock singer, songwriter, guitarist and recording artist. He has five albums that charted on the top 50 of the Billboard 200 chart and has won a Grammy Award for Turn Around...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth29 January 1981
CountryUnited States of America
style comfortable
I've literally become comfortable with approaching whatever style of music at any time.
battle records company
I've been in fortunate position of never really having to battle with my record company to do the things I wanted to do in the studio.
ive-learned glad
I'm glad I've learned what I've learned when I learned it.
fun certain glad
I'm glad I didn't know certain things earlier, because then it wouldn't be any fun.
player thinking guitar
I think you have to know exactly what you want. Whether you want to be a guitar player or a musician, you have to be really focused on it if you really want to do it.
thinking favorites-things mystery
I think my favorite thing is the mystery of life - it makes you feel that much better about accomplishing something.
thinking artist reflection
I think it's like everything you do is just a reflection of who you are as an artist.
dad good-friend player
My dad was good friends with the Bad Medicine Blues Band - one of the only blues bands in Fargo, as you can imagine! He took me out to see them play when I was 12 years old and I was really inspired by their guitar player, Ted Larsen.
winning honor grammy
It's an honor to win a Grammy, of course.
artist guitar long
Probably my favorite artists to listen to James Taylor, Stevie Wonder - I haven't gone back in a really long time and really listened to them - my first guitar influences. It's been awhile since I revisited that.
mom country dad
My dad used to play drums in a country band, and my mom is an incredible singer.
parent stuff records
My parents had a huge pile of records - vinyl! - that I loved, especially the Motown stuff, Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding.
skills guy wish
I'm not a fast, stream-of-consciousness lyricist at all - I know some guys who are, and if there is one skill I wish I had, it's that.
people style done
Apparently, there's this whole set of disgruntled people but obviously it's not my intention to offend anyone by changing the style of music that I've done.