As a guitar player, it’s harder for me to impress somebody than it is to write a song that they like.
BRAD PAISLEYI 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.
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It comes down to building your own world out here on the road. It’s who you surround yourself with. My band and crew are really positive guys.
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I get to cry to Barbara Walters, when things don’t go my way. I’ll get community service no matter which laws I break.
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I imagine there’s a market for total depression. I grew up on George Jones and that really dark stuff.
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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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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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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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If you fall in love with somebody, then you’re not even worried about your bills. Love can take your mind off of anything.
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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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I love any and all situations where you celebrate creativity.
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That there’s no more important decision in life than who you marry.
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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 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.
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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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Guitar playing isn’t really for everybody.
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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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