Top 106 Quotes & Sayings by Brantley Gilbert
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Last updated on September 18, 2024.
Main thing, really, is I write songs the way I wanna hear them and the way I think the people that come to our shows wanna hear them.
I stay on the road so much that my fiancee and I were talking the other night about what I wanted her to cook. I told her I don't even remember what a home-cooked meal is.
I like to lift and do cardio to stay in shape, so I can walk the dog on somebody, and I like to be strong, but running 10 miles or a decathlon? That don't support my interests.
Being in Nashville was not me, and I needed to go home and reset before I got in over my head.
For me, I write some songs that are really important to me, and I've got some feedback where some of them help folks and inspire people.
I've got my head screwed on in the right direction, for the most part. It may be turned a little bit to the left, but we're getting there.
From the R&B side, I've always been a huge Brian McKnight fan. He's just as talented as it gets vocally, and as a musician. I think it'd be real cool to do something with him.
If you're going to go out doing something, you might as well be fighting for your country or fighting for your life.
I don't sit down to write a country song. I don't sit down to write a rap song. I just sit down to write a song, you know what I mean? And I try to make that song the best it can be.
I wrote a song with a guy named Brian McKnight, who's a huge R&B guy.
A lot of rap music can get repetitive.
I don't worry about running myself ragged. I worry about being bored.
I love Eighties rock.
You meet people in the business and wonder how compassionate they are.
There's a song called 'My Faith' that's kind of my spiritual song on my record. It's a little bit of my softer side of me, comin' out of left field a little bit.
Songwriting is therapeutic for me.
When it came to rock, I was always drawn to guitars.
I'm not real good at surfing, and I'm terrified of sharks. That's, like, one of my main fears. Snakes, sharks, deep water, and commitment. I think those are my four big ones.
I just hope my songs mean enough to people. And I feel like you have to live to learn.
I am the type of person that likes to put myself in someone's shoes to 'get' it.
I'm a country guy from a small town, you know, and it comes across as real because it is.
Most of my rings are not expensive at all; they're just things that remind me of people that gave 'em to me. And they all have their own stories, their own meanings.
She's definitely an angel sent from above. How can that not rub off on a man? What can I say? I'm a mama's boy.
My mom's an angel, bless her heart, for everything I put her through.
I don't need anything to have a good time or be a hell-raiser. I was born one.
My police record says I went to Panama City, but I don't recall it.
I don't write anything that I hadn't experienced or hadn't been through.
I've been in situations before where something was going on, and that's the only way you can kinda cope with it is to write about it.
A lot of people can be cheerleaders for songs and go, 'Oh, that's great,' and they don't think it.
There's nothing like having somebody that loves every single bit of you, and that you love the same way, to actually, really share it with.
I take a lot of pride in being able to say that what you see is what you get.
Every place you go to, they have their own little flair.
When it came to country, I loved the stories.
I wanted to go where the people work hard, throw down, and really needed the party... Saginaw is all that and then some. I looked in those faces - and I knew, these people mean business.
I like being different.
Fame and money and all that - you hear people say it a lot, but they don't mean a thing to me.
The only thing that makes me uncomfortable is when people that do drink, don't drink around me.
I always go to my mom's house for Christmas.
Man, I'm 31, talking like I'm 60. I really do feel in control.
When I had my wreck, it really just put everything into perspective and really opened my eyes. I've always been one of those guys that thought 'it will never happen to me.'
I wanted to make sure that if somebody special did come along, I was the kind of man that a woman like her would deserve.
Being on stage and on a motorcycle are two of the only places I feel comfortable and free. Those are my happy places.
I think I definitely get my soft side from my mother.
There's no smoke and mirrors here.
I'm old school. We're from a small town in Georgia, and I think if we do pictures before the wedding, I think I'm gonna be blindfolded.
I've always been that way where, if something doesn't work out the first time, I won't try to beat a dead horse.
I don't want to release a CD; I want to release the real deal, so we're just gonna take our time.
I'm honored the folks and Bendon understood why I wanted to work with them and Toys for Tots.
I'm one of the few people I've ever met who is blessed enough to be able to love the one who got away.
I got several litmus tests for songs, but usually the people at the publishing company... they're straight-shooters.
When I started doing music full time, I figured out my job wasn't something I needed to be completely sober for.
I was kind of torn between playing music or playing college football. I was going to college and really focusing on my music career.
I was fortunate enough to have a situation in my life where everything did shake out and hit rock bottom, and I did see who was standing there and really saw who had my back for real.
I've kind of got a rebellious bone. I think I came out of the womb like that.
A lot of things in my life changed, but I'm still a party animal. I'm leading the pack.
Every bit of joy in my heart, you know, every smile on my face is yours. It's awesome to be able to share that with somebody.
I had a CrossFit trainer for two weeks. I fired him.
If a really, really pretty girl needs a ride home, I'm your guy.
If the songs I'm writing can offer anything to somebody, I'd like to give myself the opportunity to deliver that.
I'm a very happy man. I've seen how bad it can get, and I'm sure it could get worse if I let it, but all that made me appreciate where I am. Plus, I'm married to a very hot woman who got away.
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