Anderson East

You can't take a kid from north Alabama and growing up in church - some of that is just gonna seep out.

Music was kind of a precious commodity growing up.

My whole goal is to be honest and sincere with the music I'm making.

If I had to go back to school for anything, I'd go for astronomy.

I did any of the normal things any redneck kid did.

Anderson' is what I've been called since I was a kid; my mom is about the only person who calls me 'Mike.'

As a solo artist, it's so easy to be lumped into a singer / songwriter genre and writing sleepy, sad songs that are very emotionally rich that mean a lot to you, and people just get kind of tired.

As a singer, you kind of are able to feel notes.

We loved 'The Crown.' And 'The Killing' and 'The Fall' with Gillian Anderson. All those crime shows are always super fun.

It's always difficult to be a traveling musician and still keep things together.

It's all about being comfortable, forgetting there's a microphone in front of you.

It's really hard for me to be open and be completely honest with a stranger.