We're going to be an independent, ... but smell, walk, talk, look and record like a major. (Toby Keith)
My first gig, I was about 17 or 18. But I'd been singing a long time. I got a guitar when I was 8, and started trying to write songs as a teenager. (Toby Keith)
Everybody should have their own thing, and if he don't want to be a role model, that should be up to him. In the right situations, I can try to help and be a role model, but I'm still gonna speak my mind, and if that affects the role-model deal, then too bad. (Toby Keith)
Go for a walk, say a little prayer and take a deep breath of mountain air, (Toby Keith)
Probably 75 percent of the people in this town think I'll fail, and the other 25 percent hope I fail, (Toby Keith)
My wife got upset, but I usually take those things, when people say stuff about me like that, and turn them into gold. So when the person who said that goes to her Wal-Mart and she's looking for a garden hose and looks over and sees the album, she'll know what a great idea it was to call me white trash with money. (Toby Keith)
You know, I'm pro-troops, but I'm not pro-war. (Toby Keith)
It's a pretty big undertaking with every business lesson I've ever learned in hand. (Toby Keith)
We can literally make a decision at noon and get started by 1 p.m.. (Toby Keith)
We went from being an independent to one of the biggest and best labels in town, and in the merger we lost all identity, ... We were the little dog that barked loud (and) grew up to be a big dog, and when we merged we were powerless. (Toby Keith)
You just try to give them a little piece of the United States, and tell them that we all support them and love them, no matter what they hear. (Toby Keith)
We turned what is virtually a glorified independent label into one of the powerhouse labels in the town. (Toby Keith)
Don't compromise even if it hurts to be yourself. (Toby Keith)
They're saying this isn't about lyric content, and it is. And I respect my right as an American to say what I want to say, and Jennings can say what he wants to say, (Toby Keith)
There are a couple of things that are really brought home from a female perspective. In the studio I sing hard, and she softened that up. On 'Crash Here Tonight' she said 'You have a rich baritone voice, and I think this song can be just as sexy as all get out. Let's keep it in this register. Let it be sassy and intimate. (Toby Keith)