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 PAISLEYThis is real, this is your life in a song…this is country music.
More Brad Paisley Quotes
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This is real, this is your life in a song…this is country music.
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Guitar playing isn’t really for everybody.
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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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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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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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Jackass millionaires, hey, hey, Hollywood, here we come.
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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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Even in your darkest moments, you’ll think of something that’ll crack you up.
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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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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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Anytime you do something from the heart, people just know it.
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I love any and all situations where you celebrate creativity.
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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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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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