Brad Paisley Quotes (58 Quotes)

I can't help but include some of the lighthearted stuff. I guess that's the way I observe things. My favorite saying is, 'If you're going to laugh about something later, you might as well start now.

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.

I'm sick of gas prices. It's not effecting us (his organization). We just did the West Virginia State Fair, and if I'd have been a new artist that would have been 1,000 dollars in bus fuel to go up there and do that gig and back. And, some of these newer acts they get 5,000 to play a show and they're not going to make it unless they (can) pay their band and you can't tour with that.

I think the Festival is great for the music and for the fans. It's a great way for everyone to come together, and I know everyone who comes has a blast. It gives a real lift to Country Music because it's such a positive event, and it's fun for everyone.

Brad may be a young guy, but he's an old soul, building a bridge between the past and future.

Guitar playing isn't really for everybody.

It surprises a few people, we have a full string orchestral intro on the album. I think this album is what a sequel should be. It goes to a new place.

I've heard my share of Van Halen. I never liked rock.

I'm aware of the fact that a lot of talented people out there will never get this chance.

I'm sure there are a few things in my CD collection that might surprise people. I like classical music, the blues, and I'm a big fan of alternative rock.

If I get an idea for a song, I have a melody for it. I'm a musician first. I'm not limited by the fretboard.

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.

Nothing means more to us than knowing that you all left here feeling you got your money's worth.

For this album, I was looking for songs that would be fun to play live. I was really focused on that. I wanted the record to have that energy, to be guitar-driven country music.

I go to eat dinner with my folks when I'm home. I think that's the trick.

There are many things I can improve on. I'm challenged every day, and I still want to work hard and earn what I've been afforded.

Alison Krauss is definitely my favorite singer that's ever lived. I've never heard anyone like her.

In the past, I tried to be more of a typical session guitarist. I wasn't so concerned with impressing anybody.

I know who the people are who come to my shows and buy my records now. It's always a good thing to think of those faces when I'm picking songs for a show or an album. I really do want to please them, these wonderful people who finance our 'dream.' In that way it can be a good thing, all this attention. You know your fans better.

Her voice is angelic and that takes it to a more spiritual realm instantly. And my aunt loved her and thought she was great.

I hope I'm at least half the dad That he didn't have to be Because he didn't have to be.

Buck gave birth to a movement. At the time when he came through, his music was so different. He was a maverick in the true sense of the word.

I don't stare at a sheet of paper and try to think of a good word to use. I try to see where the story should go.

I first heard it on a demo right before my aunt died. And then she died, and it was the hardest thing my family had been through. She had cancer and fought it very bravely for seven years. She shouldn't have made it two, really, with the type of cancer she had. I wanted to cut that song for what it said.

I don't have any interest in doing something that's weak musically.

put that bottle to her head and pulled the trigger.

I imagine there's a market for total depression. I grew up on George Jones and that really dark stuff.

Some artists would rather go in there and let some other things dictate the kind of record they do, but I've got such a great team.

I love any and all situations where you celebrate creativity.

They'll just come out of nowhere, ... You're not going to believe the wedding we went to last week. The best man started his toast with 'I've got a confession to make...'

I changed my mindset and figured, Why not try to be really entertaining instrumentally?

I've been on the road I think probably three years.

I'm excited for people to hear the album. I'm looking forward to them being able to pop it in their car radio and listen to it, ... I'm not even worried about it at this point. I'm done now. I told the people at the label, 'It's up to you guys now. I'm going on vacation.'

Anytime you do something from the heart, people just know it.

You look out there and there's people that, their day is changed because of your contribution to it.

I like to look at the songs like they're little movies.

I want to impress everybody who bought a 30 ticket to the concert.

I think the way you keep from succumbing to that temptation of Nashville to follow the mainstream is, you have to look inside yourself.

He was the go-to guy and had a hard charge. He had a great sense of humor and was always happy. Whatever it took for the team, he'd do it.

Willie Nelson, out there 200 days a year, calls his band family. And it is.

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.

They really look forward to meeting you, or seeing you. And thank God for that, because that's really the thing that keeps you alive.

I was in my room in the back of my bus when I heard a knock, ... I opened the door, and there stood Little Jimmy Dickens.

It's fun to be up for multiple things. It's nice to look at the list this time and it not all be for one song.

I never thought I'd be singing this for my friend.

Even on the most serious ballads, I'll throw in a tongue-in-cheek remark.

I feel it's our obligation to keep some of the soul in this music. Having a career in this industry is a privilege. It's not a given, ever.

The days get boring. The thing I like least would be the traveling. It's never fun to check baggage three or four times in a couple days.

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.

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.