I try to write like the writers I admire – I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase… So Im always looking for that angle in my own work.
BRAD PAISLEYI get to cry to Barbara Walters, when things don’t go my way. I’ll get community service no matter which laws I break.
More Brad Paisley Quotes
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Guitar playing isn’t really for everybody.
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Alison Krauss is definitely my favorite singer that’s ever lived. I’ve never heard anyone like her.
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There ain’t a woman in the world that wants to hear the word yes when she asks if you think that she looks chubby in that dress. And if she cooks all day you better eat it with a smile; it doesn’t matter if it tastes just like bad gravy on a Goodyear tire.
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Jackass millionaires, hey, hey, Hollywood, here we come.
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The nice thing about the world that I’ve been able to inhabit for the last couple of years is that I’m given a lot of freedom. Not all artists really get that.
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When every memory has been made and the pages start to fade. And every prayer you ever prayed is heaven bound. When you think the ride is over, you’re back at the beginning. Love is never-ending.
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Rock Band never got anybody a date. Never.
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I have a to-do list and I have a farm I care for, and things I like to do for fun – going to movies and all that stuff. It’s a painfully normal life!
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When they say you’re the best, I always remember that the majority of the audience probably thinks someone else should have gotten the award.
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I’m a last-minute shopper. I end up at the mall or somewhere on Christmas Eve. It’s a shame.
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If there’s a song where there’s a possibility of guitar stuff that would be fun to listen to, go for it. Don’t worry about what anybody thinks.
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As a guitar player, it’s harder for me to impress somebody than it is to write a song that they like.
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I really worked to try and be creative enough on the guitar parts so those who aren’t real educated would know that there was some difficulty in doing it.
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She’s not perfect, but she tries so hard for me. And I thank God, that she isn’t, cause how boring that would be.
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I can’t see this world unless I go/ outside my southern comfort zone.
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