“Adam Carroll is like a very young Kris Kristofferson. He writes about things that are older than me.” – James McMurtry (in Rolling Stone)

“Influences? Adam Carroll. I used to skip my own gigs to go watch him…by far my favorite, somebody whose writing style I emulated in some ways.” Hayes Carll (in No Depression)

“Though he’s drawn some lazy comparisons to Townes Van Zandt, he’s actually far more of a Guy Clark type, forgoing fancy metaphors in favor of matter-of-fact vignettes sharper than a Randall knife.” – Lone Star Music review