I can’t see this world unless I go/ outside my southern comfort zone.
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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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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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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Alison Krauss is definitely my favorite singer that’s ever lived. I’ve never heard anyone like her.
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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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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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Can’t wait to date a supermodel, can’t wait to sue my Dad. Can’t wait to wreck a Ferrari, on the way to rehab.
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Guitar playing isn’t really for everybody.
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That there’s no more important decision in life than who you marry.
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Someday I’m gonna be famous. Do I have talent, well, no. These days you really don’t need it.
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When Ray Flacke came out, it was like ‘What in the heck is this?’ … there’s a guy who had that Tele players attitude, and he plugged straight into that amp with a delay, and it was unbelievable the way he would bend those big strings … he was really unique.
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I hope I’m at least half the dad that he didn’t have to be.
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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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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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I can fall in and out of love, have marriages that barely last a month. When they go down the drain, I’ll blame it on the fame.
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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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