Top 102 Quotes & Sayings by Zac Brown - Page 2

We ended up New Year's Eve playin' a show. My date had stood me up, and I remember walkin' back to my friends with, like, two minutes before midnight and thinkin', 'I'm not gonna have anybody to kiss on New Year's.' And there she was, standin' right there, and I remember kissin' her, and then that was game over.

If you break down most rock songs and look at the lyrics on a piece of paper, it's all about melody. It's all about presentation. And a lot of bands are really great, but you can't understand a word of what they say.

I love to smoke things; there's usually something always in the pot outside. That smell of something in the smoker just reminds me of home.

I don't ever want to stop making country, and I don't want to stop making electronic music, either.

I didn't think I liked country music. Then I got into Garth Brooks.

In my opinion - in Georgia, there's a town called Lula. And Lula, Georgia, has the best peaches.

I've got a couple of Harleys and a couple of Ducatis.

My brother's 21 years older than me, so I grew up doing more adult things. Like listening to old music.

To be a Southern Ground artist, you have to be a lifer. It's not about winning a karaoke contest or a television show to become famous. It's about really paying your dues. It's people I'm fans of and want to help in the business.

Other people pull off amazing festivals and events and things like that. I think ours is a little bit different, and that's what makes us distinct.

We don't want to abandon any of the market we have now. We just want to gain new market.

I try to get away and take my motorcycle on a ride whenever I can. I'll take my bike out before the show and just cruise.

All my siblings being all different ages meant I got exposed to music that was 20-30 years older than me. And that was a big influence.

I'm from Georgia, and everybody gathers around food in the South.

I have seen a lot of people, including myself, make a lot of tip money because of 'Black Water,' so this is a full circle moment. To collaborate and recreate this iconic song is just an amazing moment as an artist.

I've been making some more electronic music, which I really enjoy doing.

'A Pirate Looks at 40,' we had to do that song. I've been covering that forever.

I'm gonna tell y'all what we tell the crowd every night when we play back in the States. We tell them to remember people sleeping in a sandstorm so that we can be free.

I don't want to look back and say, 'Yeah, I was really successful, but I failed at fatherhood because I wasn't there.'

You've got to be willing to put the time into seeing who's got talent and who's going to do a great job.

I don't like cooking just for myself; I enjoy feeding other people, particularly outdoors.

The lyrics are so important to me. And that there is something going on in the lyrics. That the song actually has something to say.

It's an honor to live on a legacy, getting to do what we love to do and try to be the best musicians that we can possibly be.

You can de-select the songs that you don't want to have on the record, but I hope we always put something out that has a lot of songs that the majority of people will love.

I remember the first time I heard 'The Thunder Rolls.' It was dark, and we were driving to the beach. There was the thunder outside and the thunder in the song. It was eerie.

We're fabricating a state-of-the-art concessions system for our touring, so we can feed the people and give them everything they need without having to wait on it.

We're really blessed that we've been as well received as we have been.

I have an outdoor kitchen at home in Georgia, and I try to never eat inside.

If I'm chartering in and out and flying home after I play, that doesn't make sense. But where we can bus, then we'll bring the family out and spend time with them during the day.

Family comes out whenever we know it's gonna be steady on a run that's continuous.

Thanks so much to all the fans. To all our team, to all our wives, especially, that believe in us and that we come home to, and everybody here that's given us a shot.

We love our fans and are very connected with our fans.

It's important that people come see our show, because we are performers. We wanted people to see that.

I just hope everybody stays with us. We are not trying to be snobs or jerks. We are in a whirlwind trying to figure out the best way to be accessible.

I always thought it was sad that you couldn't get anything really good to eat at concerts, so we sit down with our fans before every show and eat a gourmet meal that we made for them.

We bled writing these songs, we bled in the studio, and now we're out bleeding getting them right live.

We want to support Nashville, support the community there and be a part of it.

It's always humbling, knowing where we came from. From being friends with the janitor in the bar and being friends with the waitress - because they were some of the only people that were listening when we finished playing - to this, we are able to appreciate every single person and every single piece of it, because we came from nothing to this.

When I was growing up, my dad and I would go hunting and camping every weekend. Like everyone in my family, he is an amazing cook, and I've tried to learn a lot from all of them.

I knew that the right person for Crossroads would come along if we were just patient and made sure that we didn't try to force anything.

Where there is a will there is a way. Have faith in oneself and productivity will follow. nothing can stop you once you realize what it is you are trying to do. there will always be a way, given the right amount of time one can do anything. Never hesitate to do what it takes.

Clay Cook is a first class musician. Tender tormented genius here in 'North Star'. I will kill him if he leaves my band and he knows it. Great record.