It used to be that you’d have a song recorded by a major country artist and if it was a hit, you could buy a car. Now you can buy a dealership. – Tom T. Hall
Sometimes the magnetism of a song is impossible to ignore, and it demands that it be sung in a certain way. – Tom Waits
‘Material’ is meant to be a fun, lighthearted song about the tiny bit of materialism that’s in all of us. The message is meant to translate the notion that you don’t need luxury items to feel special; you already are special. – Yuna