I do not go on my Wikipedia page. There's just too much weird information on there for me to pick apart.

- Amos Lee

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.

- Amos Lee

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.

- Amos Lee

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.

- Amos Lee

You need a strong sense of 'otherness' to be able to create in your life.

- Amos Lee

There's not a whole lot of media interest in me other than just the records that I make.

- Amos Lee

Songwriting isn't always something that's directly proportionate to the experience.

- Amos Lee

I'm not afraid to be bluntly honest in my songs, even if it means I'm discovering things about myself that I'd rather not.

- Amos Lee

I'm not a mass-appeal artist.

- Amos Lee

I'm always flattered and honored when people cover my music or sing my songs, no matter where it is.

- Amos Lee

I love what I do, so I don't mind working.

- Amos Lee

I live a pretty anonymous life.

- Amos Lee

I don't really know what 'folk music' means anymore.

- Amos Lee

I don't really hang out with a lot of celebrities.

- Amos Lee

I don't know anything about music theory at all. Zero. But I don't really need to.

- Amos Lee

I don't know anyone who is a writer who isn't influenced by the relationships in their life.

- Amos Lee

Across the board, from my mother to my father to my aunts and uncles, everybody has always given me a lot of love.

- Amos Lee

I can relate to soul, R&B... whatever people want to call me is fine. I just hope it makes them feel something.

- Amos Lee

Genre, to me, is not all that important, and it never has been.

- Amos Lee

I love when people are coming up and they're working hard and you can see that they're really focused on the process to their music. I really dig that. As a musician, it's nice to see people who really care about the process.

- Amos Lee