Top 68 Quotes & Sayings by Jon Pardi
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Last updated on December 3, 2024.
We're boot-friendly here.
I love the story of the guy coming to Nashville and then kind of getting set down and told, 'This is how the town works,' which, I've totally been there. But the coolest thing about 'Out of Style' is it's a song within a song.
I love performing, and if I didn't love it, I wouldn't be doing it.
I'd like to start a tradition of getting No. 1s - how 'bout that?
Radio has had my back since 'Missin' You Crazy,' which was a very traditional kind of song.
If you can take a piece of life and put it in a song, it's going to be a good song - especially if it's from the heart.
I love having those lyrics that at first make you think it's about one thing, but it's really about something so much more.
My music is my No. 1, and I've got people who believe in me and keep me going. I'm thankful.
You gotta do both. You've got to be on those big tours, and you've got to be in the clubs.
There's so much you can learn from being on a big tour and so much you can learn from being in the clubs.
What I can feel the most and what I can remember the most are the melodies I want to write to.
For my shows, I don't play too many slow songs.
Having two back-to-back No. 1's is unbelievable.
California is one of the most country-est states there is. We're really country.
I'm trying to write songs to appeal to everybody.
'Dirt on My Boots' was pegged as the second single from 'California Sunrise' from the get-go, and we felt like it was just a fun song to go with.
It's been so great to have an album people believe in.
I just have fun on stage. There's nothing premolded out there. I try to always do something different.
I grew up in rural Dixon, CA, and I've been hunting with my father ever since I was a young boy. He taught me how to hunt and shoot, firearm safety, and have respect for the outdoors.
I can play with Florida Georgia Line. We can throw down with people. I think that's what sets me apart.
I always want to have the traditional country soul while meeting the new standards of country music.
As a songwriter, you always look for guys that you can write good with. Show up, have an idea, knock it out of the park.
I chose to be this guy. It's who I want to be, and it's always been me - just keepin' it country.
There's been a lot of wedding songs and proposals. It's cool because when they play it at weddings so, it means a lot to them. That's a big deal. They're always going to remember 'Head Over Boots' as played at their wedding.
I had a drummer I really wanted to move to Nashville with me, and he's like, 'Naw, I can't go, man.' He never could pull the trigger. It's a big move. You just gotta be diehard - you gotta give it your all, you know.
It's always a good feeling to be recognized for something.
There's a connection when people are dancing, laughing, and singing, and that definitely happens with 'Head Over Boots.'
People out west love country music.
'Head Over Boots' is a shuffle, but it's more of a Motown laid-back shuffle than, say, a Dwight Yoakam shuffle.
My grandmother loved country music, and she's the one who really got me into country music. She had George Strait tapes, a bunch of them. I remember listening to tapes, taking them out, the covers and the back.
There's so many great people in Country Radio, and I appreciate all the support they've given me.
You gotta have a good beat to survive in modern country in general. Everyone wants to feel good, laugh, dance, and cry. But at the same time, they all want it to sound happy.
You've got these guys that have this fresh, street, hip-hop country that sells a zillion. Keep doing that. I'll keep doing my stuff. We'll see how it goes.
I'm a guy who doesn't know the name of the chord, but I know that it sounds good.
I've really been studying lyrics, printing out lyrics to songs I love and reading them like a letter.
I was writing songs by 12 and had a band by 14.
Sing your heart out and write the best song you possible can.
Take everything you can from what people say. Keep going and stick to your instincts. And what your soul tells you to do, use that.
I'm a funny guy. You've got to be able to make fun of yourself. We only live once.
I love traditional country music, and I feel like there's a need for it and a want for it. But I enjoy everybody in country music.
I'm moving forward and getting new fans at every show.
As a songwriter, you always want to search for something that's right in front of you that you can twist into something new.
I started playing guitar by the time I was 9.
'Swagger' would be the word for 'Dirt On My Boots.' With the real funky drum loop and the ganjo rolling down, and then the fiddles and the guitar and steel, it really took an old school style where it's fiddle, steel, guitar, and mixed it with a drum loop.
I'm mixing country with kind of a modern twist to it.
I will never, ever speak out against somebody who is living the dream and doing what they want to do, because that's what I'm doing.
I lean traditional, but 'Head Over Boots,' it's pretty country.
I was even more country in my college-band days.
I played the bars in northern California since I was 18. We played at least three hours, and there's no which-way about it: That definitely helped.
I can be a traditionalist but also play with Luke Bryan and get the crowd to go crazy. I think that mix is a lot of what has kept me going and kept people fired up about the music.
I've been able to carve my way out with lyrics and melodies.
'Dirt On My Boots' is a very different song. I heard the melody, and I heard the lyrics, and I heard the drive of that song. I totally related. It was kinda me when I was on my bulldozer working for my dad.
As a songwriter, we're looking for a good story, and we're always looking to push the limits.
We travel so much as touring musicians and artists that sometimes, when you hear a great song that you really think could be on your project, you go ahead and record it instead of try to write it.
I'm more of a songwriter. I love writing songs. I love writing my songs. It's always been writing for me, and it makes it different when you're writing for yourself.
I'm just thankful I'm surrounded by good people.
My California sunrise, there's a real mist in the air. I think of the mountains. You can smell the farm fields. You can smell the dirt and the lights and the whole sun.
I love coming back around Northern California.
I was a huge Garth Brooks fan.
I'm writing songs that I want to sing.
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