Caleb Followill

Followill argued that attempts to repeat a moment of success only produce a watered-down version.

“anytime you try to repeat success, you know, it doesn't happen. It just ends up being like a watered down version of something”

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Followill said he feels sorry for solo artists who become famous alone and come to see those around them as people profiting from them.

“I really feel sorry for artists or musicians that kind of get so big and then and really the whole time it's happening you're so alone”

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Followill argued that being in the band together as family kept them from going too far into addiction and self-destruction.

“I think the fact that we were there together we never allowed ourselves to get too far gone”

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Followill said the band succeeded in Britain by leaning into a fast, country Southern sound that distinguished them from British and Australian acts.

“just play it very fast and very country. I said, because that's the one thing that these people don't have that we do”

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Followill said that after Nashville rejected them, the band met nine labels in New York and received seven offers.

“we had nine record labels that we met with and we played a couple of songs for them and we got seven record deal offers”

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Followill said that while considering military enlistment in Oklahoma City he heard a voice telling him to go home, prompting his move into music.

“I mean, you know, it sounds strange, but I heard a voice that just said, go home”

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Followill said there were years he did not enjoy any shows and did not speak to crowds for a decade, but now loves performing.

“there were years that I just don't remember playing a show that I enjoyed. Right. Like I didn't. I was mad on stage”

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Followill said that during his heavy drinking he felt he was punishing himself and that his band and crew resented him.

“I felt like I was trying to punish myself because I didn't like the person that I was becoming”

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Followill said he became bitter after feeling his father was pushed out of ministry for ordinary human struggles, and now has a personal relationship with God.

“there was times I felt like my dad kind of got pushed out because he was – having normal struggles that a man goes through”

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Followill said the massive success of Only by the Night marked the start of the band's dark times because they were not ready for that pressure.

“Yeah, that was when like the rough times started. Just the real weight of like actual big-time success here at home, everywhere”

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Followill described the new album's songs as full of gratitude for how the band members were raised and who they have become.

“i feel like a lot of these songs are full of gratitude and appreciation for”

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Followill said Bob Dylan personally requested Kings of Leon as an opener and was one of the first iconic American artists to support them.

“he was one of the first iconic American artists that took us under his wing and gave us a stage”

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Followill argued that growing up poor gave the brothers thick skin and a drive to prove their worth rather than to seek success.

“I feel like it gave us thick skin, put a drive in us and a hunger. And it was never really for success. It was just kind of to prove our worth”

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Followill said his family's ministry did not practice snake handling and he sees no need for it.

“i don't think we've got to bring snakes into it you know i don't i think we there's an easier way to get to god”

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Followill said he witnessed healings, including a gravely ill cancer patient his father prayed for who he believes is still alive.

“I've seen healings and seen people walk that weren't walking”

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Followill described his father as a gifted, relatable traveling evangelist who could move tough men from laughter to tears.

“He would see the biggest, scariest-looking man in the room, and he would have them laughing. And then five seconds later, the man would be crying”

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