Top 187 Quotes & Sayings by Brad Paisley - Page 2

I'm not a person you can figure out in one month. And you can't listen to one song and say, 'That's who he is.'

At certain times in your life, some things are heavier than others.

My father's a firefighter. He was my whole life. And my brother-in-law and several family members are firefighters.

It's rare that you're sure you're right in life. I'm finding that.

In Nashville, if people don't like someone, they say, 'I don't really like him,' then add, 'bless his heart.' In Hollywood, they kind of leave that last part off.

I'm a huge, huge fan of almost everything British. I love 'The Office' - I was a faithful follower of that show before the American version.

I don't feel like I have a legacy.

When I made 'Who Needs Pictures,' my first album, I had been west of the Mississippi River one time in my life, and that was in fourth grade. We traveled to California for vacation and stayed with some friends of my parents. It was culture shock, and it was different.

I don't talk about the people I vote for.

I don't want to be hurtful to anyone.

I'm a country musician. I know how to play jazz, and I can play rock. But I've had to fight my entire career to get a little respect from people who don't understand where I come from.

I take his talent and his passion with me - to the stage of the Opry, to the podium at the CMA Awards, to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, into my own living room. I am the realization of my grandfather's dream. I am a player.

I'm not answering questions with my songs.

I love the Smothers Brothers.

You shouldn't listen to my music for political messages.

As a songwriter, it can be a kiss of death for you to fall in love.

I don't have the answers. But I am asking the questions, and that's the fun part. I'm like the kid in class with his hand up, going, 'Um...' I think that's a powerful place to create from.

I'm of the mindset that God loves everyone.

I consider myself a bit of a comedian. I write a lot of humorous songs.

There's something about being out here on the road that the hours aren't anything like what you're used to when you're at home.

I don't think I'm influencing younger artists - they're not trying to be me. But I don't say that in bitterness. I say that with realism.

I still cherish relationships that I made early on as much as anything in my life.

I don't have, you know, an 'overcoming addiction' story, other than the guitar itself, and I haven't overcome that. I don't have a jail time, you know, story, or any arrests.

Date night is important, even if it's going to Schlotzsky's.

When you're a creative person, there are just times when you're not listening. You know, I could be looking right at you and thinking about something else.

It's a very smart, progressive bunch, these people that make country music. They're not country hicks sitting behind a desk with a big cigar giving out record deals and driving round in Cadillacs with cattle horns on the front grille: it's a bunch of really wonderful, open-minded, great people down on Music Row that make this music.

I don't think I've changed anything in the country format whatsoever. But I'm not worried about it. I've found my place in it.

I feel sort of really aware of how the... online cyber world has begun to take over reality.

It's crazy how loyal country fans are. I can't say enough how much that means to me.

I do standup once a year, when I host the CMAs.

Out in Hollywood, you get the feeling when people are talking to you, that they are looking right past you - like they're looking to see who else they can talk to.

That was my trick. I interned a lot.

The truth is, I mostly thought about 'Accidental Racist' in terms of my fans. This song was meant to generate discussion among the people who listen to my albums. What I was most worried about is that my fan base would think that I was preaching to them.

I've been ripping the Rolling Stones off with every song I write in some form or another.

I don't like being surrounded by yes men.

I've always been able to laugh at myself.

The hardest part about writing any song is, what do you write? And how do I rewrite things? You start to run out of ideas that feel fresh.

I'm not comfortable doing a covers album.

I still consider myself working in Nashville. I visit Hollywood.

No one needs to recut 'He Stopped Loving Her Today.'

The only reason I wound up in Nashville and went to Belmont University is because that's where I needed to be.

We're trying to do the thing you don't expect out of country music. Which is to say, 'Go see the world.'

I can draw really well.

I tended to lean towards the guys who both sang and played, such as Ricky Skaggs, Vince Gill, Steve Wariner... And at the other end of the spectrum, I had Eric Clapton in a rock and blues sense, jazz guys such as Tal Farlow and Les Paul... Then Chet Atkins-type stuff.

I try to write like the writers I admire - I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase... So I'm always looking for that angle in my own work.

I have a very down-to-earth father. My wife is an actress and famous herself is more down-to-earth than anyone I know.

Everybody goes through a period where you're fighting a lot, I think. Sometimes that can be a good thing for your relationship. That conflict can lead to making up.

The last thing I ever want to do is be preachy.

I don't think you can get everything based on who you know, but you can't get anything until you do know the right people.

It's hard to be judgmental once you've been around the world... it's pretty hard to be anything but understanding, and I think it's good for everybody to get out and see someplace other than where you grew up.

My home town was really great to me. If you've ever watched 'The Andy Griffith Show,' it's like Mayberry.

I don't like to look back. I love the next challenge and don't keep awards. There are a few that are really important, but my parents have most of them.

We learned that whether or not you support the war, you honor the soldiers that fight.

You're going to get flak if you tell the wrong joke, but it's still the wrong joke. Give the wrong speech, you take it on the chin.

I can't play a solo without thinking about John Jorgenson. I always think about what he would do.

No one can make the album they made 10 years ago with a straight face. There are two reasons: one is you change as a person. To be a true artist, I have to be true to who I am now and write that way. And the second thing is these are different times.

My dad was president of the volunteer fire department, which was within walking distance to our house. I spent several days of each week there with him - any time the whistle blew, he went. It was truly inspiring to watch him lead that way.

I like comedy.

When you got something you gotta do in your career, you do it. When you get home, and there's work to be done, you do that. It's all about balance.

Here's the problem with talking about who I voted for. If I say I voted for Romney, then everybody's like, 'Of course.' If I say I voted for Obama, everybody's like, 'Of course.' And then I'm no longer the guy you can't figure out.