Top 16 Quotes & Sayings by Ruston Kelly

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Ruston Kelly.

Last updated on April 17, 2025.

Ruston Samuel Kelly is an American singer-songwriter. After landing a publishing deal with BMG Nashville in 2013, he got his first cut with Tim McGraw's song "Nashville Without You", which appeared on McGraw's album Two Lanes of Freedom. Following a record deal with Razor & Tie's Washington Square, he released his debut EP Halloween produced by Mike Mogis in 2017.

American - Musician | Born: July 31, 1988

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When I do find myself having downtime, I just put my guitar in my hands.

Ruston Kelly

Black-metal is my favourite. Mayhem are one of my favourite bands. But whenever Slayer comes to town, I am going to that show.

Ruston Kelly

Songwriting has always been a means to an end for me. That end being a tool to try to understand myself in the world and, through observation, make sense of the world.

Ruston Kelly

I feel the most centered in my life when I'm performing a song.

Ruston Kelly

I used to feel that if I wasn't living out my songs, I wasn't doing myself or my craft justice, and that's a dangerous way to live because then you become what you make.

Ruston Kelly

My theory is that if I can stay present in the moment in my life as frequent as possible the artwork will be more reflective of my nature and my experiences.

Ruston Kelly

And there has to be a level of gratitude and a little bit of pride. But I want that pride to be quick so that I don't soak in it too much. Because I've met a lot of jerks in this business. And I don't want to be one.

Ruston Kelly

A folk melody can exist uniquely but also still be somewhat familiar to you.

Ruston Kelly

You can be whoever you want to be when you are writing songs.

Ruston Kelly

I can write about pain without experiencing pain, which I am thankful for.

Ruston Kelly

When people suffer from depression or anxiety or any sort of pain/mental anguish combo, being able to take the power out of it through laughter is a pretty powerful tool.

Ruston Kelly

It seems like some of my favorite songs have almost like a nursery rhyme vibe to them.

Ruston Kelly

I was writing songs, I guess, a sense of lyricism before I started picking up the guitar. Once I picked up the guitar, I felt I started expressing myself in that medium without words.

Ruston Kelly

We are all dually feminine and masculine. To give in to both of those things would strengthen us as human beings and there is such a drastic difference between men, and men who are terrified of their own femininity.

Ruston Kelly

I have to remind myself sometimes to look back and see what brought me to where I'm at.

Ruston Kelly