Top 71 Quotes & Sayings by Walker Hayes - Page 2

I overuse words. My kids catch me saying stuff. They're like, 'Hey, you say that all the time.' 'Boom' is one of those things.

You create something, and when it doesn't work, it's kind of like people make fun of your kid or something.

All my life, I had loved music and been in choir, and I have a degree in music, but I never planned on doing it as a job. I had a realistic perspective on that. I thought maybe work at a church or be a teacher if you wanted to work in music.

I felt the pressure to let go of music. I was like, 'It's just a hobby. It's just a dream I'm hanging on to, and my kids don't deserve having me have trouble taking care of them.'

I like artists with a life, where it's not this universal thing anybody could sing. I want them speaking to me in only a way that they can. To me, that's what makes it good.

I have some lofty goals. I want 'You Broke Up With Me' to go Number One.

I'm not mad at anybody for that, but when I lost my deal at Capitol, things got rough.

I'm one of the lucky artists in Nashville that gets to - I know it sounds cliche - but just write from the heart.

I play a little bit of everything. I beat on the walls. I whistle. I scream. I go outside and scream because it sounds cool when it's recorded. I play drums on a chair. I snap, clap... just anything to build the track and make it feel like I want it to.

One of the most humbling gigs I've ever had was I was paid by a neighbor to go get a dead bird out of her house. She was kind of a high up in the music business, and she knew that I needed cash, and I used to do some yard work for her.

I've never been afraid to work for money; it's just - it got tough there to work and to write songs at the same time.