I want to be softened, not stiff. Pliable, not rigid. I don't want anyone to look at my life and think it is perfect or, worse, that I want them to think it is perfect. Instead, I want anything that is unapproachable or harsh in me to be scrubbed away by the salt and the sand, revealing the imperfections, the brokenness, the cracks. Not because I am proud of those parts, but because I know it is real. Like the Skin Horse or the Velveteen Rabbit, I am shabby because I live life, because I am loved, and because it is all work - living and loving and being loved, being transformed, being worn and faded . Jerusalem Jackson Greer
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  1. I want people to know that I'm not just 'Chillin' It.' I'm a real person. There's heartbreak and trials, and I hope I put that in my music.
  2. I always say, 'If it looks good on a T-shirt, it would probably be a pretty cool title or cool song.'
  3. I want to be somebody, a person, first that people remember, but also, I want music that I release to still be around. I don't want it to just be cool for a second and be gone.
  4. Being a big Braves fan, Turner Field would be cool to play a show at.
  5. Growing up, all I did was play sports. I always loved music, but I never even thought I'd be on stage one day.
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