Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Cole Swindell - Page 2

I'm getting to do, like, 11 stadium shows with Kenny Chesney... seriously - that's bucket list.

Country's more than about what the music sounds like. It's what you're saying and who you are as a person.

You don't have a voice yet when you first come out. So even though I knew I had some deeper songs, my first album had to be about the tempo and the fun.

I get plenty of credit out on the road.

I wanna have the coolest merch.

I went to a small high school in - down in south Georgia. Terrell Academy is the name of it.

I am so happy to be able to do what I love. To have the songs I've written for other artists go No. 1 and my songs go to No. 1 has been amazing.

I've always been a huge Eric Church fan. I'll never forget being in college listening to his first album and how much it inspired to write my own music.

We titled it, 'You Should Be Here,' for one, because just how special that song is, and I think it kind of sets the tone for this album. I've established that I like to have fun, but this is a little more than that - this album has got some fun stuff, but it's also got topics that I haven't gotten a chance to touch, and I'm so excited about it.

Having Dierks Bentley on a song is one of the coolest things I've ever gotten to experience. For one, him agreeing to do a song with me but two, getting to share that moment in the studio.

No matter how the day's going, when I get out there on that stage, it makes it all all right.

Me and Luke are fraternity brothers. Luke Bryan was already in Nashville when I got to college. He had come back to his old fraternity house, which was my new fraternity house. We met there and just kinda stayed in touch.

If I start putting too much pressure on myself, that's something my mama is there to help with.

It was an incredible experience performing for the members and attendees at the Diamond Resorts Invitational; it was such an impressive event, and I was honored to be a part of it.

You play shows all over the country and hope that radio gets a chance to get out to see you, but that doesn't always happen like that.

On my tour, either they're coming to see me, or they're not.

I want people to know that I'm not just 'Chillin' It.' I'm a real person. There's heartbreak and trials, and I hope I put that in my music.

I started performing in college, but I wasn't writing a lot.

I'm hands-on with everything. I approve the designs of everything we do because that's my brand that people are buying. I want it to look good.

Sometimes, you want to write how you feel, but making people have fun, that's part of it, too.

Before I ever had my record deal, I just had a publishing deal over at Sony ATV. I had that title, 'Flatliner,' and just the idea of a girl stopping everybody's heart - just kind of a fun idea.

I've stopped questioning things and how things work.

Georgia Southern was such a big part of me getting my start.

If one person feels the way I felt when I first fell in love with country music, then I'm doing my job.

Life ain't about just 'Chillin' It.' I've learned that.

When I say I'm living the dream, I honestly don't know how it can get any better.

I try to live every day and realize that there are so many folks working hard to try to get to where I am and how fortunate that I am.

Even though I lost my dad in just a tragic, sudden way, there are so many more stories that are so much worse.

I wrote 'Flatliner' with Dierks Bentley in mind in 2013.

I want people to know that I appreciate every piece of music they buy and every concert ticket because that's what keeps this going. Knowing that people are coming to the shows and enjoying my music makes every long day worth it.

I wanted to get better at writing, so I knew I needed to move to Nashville.

All I ever wanted to do was write songs, and I just dreamed of putting out an album and having a single that maybe did alright.

I'm not very patient.

That's where it all started for me, in clubs and bars, and I don't ever wanna outgrow that.

This album means a lot to me, and partnering with Cracker Barrel to have it in their stores is very exciting. I am a big fan of the brand, so it was a natural fit to team up with them to have 'You Should Be Here' in its stores nationwide.

Being a big Braves fan, Turner Field would be cool to play a show at.

The power of music is real.

I want people to know that I am having fun. That's the biggest compliment I can get is when people tell me I'm having a blast out there - if they only knew. I'm having the time of my life every night.

All I've ever wanted is a nice truck, and that's what I got.

I graduated with about 23 people, so if you were the least bit athletic, you kind of had to play everything. So I played baseball, basketball, football, ran track, and played golf.