Patterson Hood
Patterson Hood
Patterson David Hoodis an American singer-songwriter and co-founder of the band Drive-By Truckers...
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.
continue record songs specific
I write a lot of songs (about the South) and will continue to, but we wanted to do a record that wasn't so specific in the geography. We're from the South, but that's not all we can do.
critics downside records
The downside is that critics get their records for free,
ends gotten home next paying point tables three time tours wait weeks
I'm not having to come home from tours and wait tables for the next three weeks to make ends meet. We're paying our bills, ... Unfortunately, we haven't gotten to the point where we can take any real time off.
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.
growing-up crazy kids
This time, we're living in such a crazy moment in history. People still write and talk about Watergate, which was such a huge, looming backdrop when I was coming of age and when I was a kid growing up. I think we're living in one of those times right now where, in 20 years, people will be writing and talking about it.
calling people
I don't think people are going to be calling it 'Southern rock,'
political
A lot of the music that I grew up loving has a really political bent to it.
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.
dark people
I feel like, as a people, we're sort of stumbling in the dark right now.
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.
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.
easy listen listening record
To me, it's an easy record to listen to. But it's not an easy-listening record,
racism problem
Racism is a worldwide problem...