“I've always written songs to use music as a form of therapy or as a way to look at my obstacles or my memories from a different perspective. It's always helped me realize the grass isn't always greener and how I need to live more in the moment. My songwriting is a documentation of whatever's happening in my life at that point in time.” WayNeedsLooksDifferentMomentsUseFormSongRealizingMemoriesWrittenPerspectiveHappeningsObstaclesGrassTherapySongwritingDifferent PerspectiveGreenerDocumentation Author:Chuck Ragan
“I can write a song and a thousand people could hear it and there will be countless different reasons why those people get something out of that song. But they're all there for the same reason, which is to enjoy music and to let it help dissolve those problems or those rough days or to give a reason to keep putting the boots on. So to see ideas come to fruition and for someone to get something out of it is a beautiful thing.” PeopleGivingWritingI CanIdeasDifferentReasonHelpingProblemBeautifulSongEnjoyThousandReason WhyRoughBootsBeautiful ThingsFruitionRough Day Author:Chuck Ragan
“I find artists like Tim Barry, Cory Branan, and Jenny Owen Youngs, these current artists that are doing what they're doing now are my idols, my generation's incredible songwriters. I've listened to so much music on the whole ride and I'm inspired by a lot of classic artists, but it's the people right next to me singing songs that are blowing my mind, if that makes any sense.” PeopleIfsMindWholeArtistSongNextGenerationsSingingInspiredIncrediblesCurrentsClassicIdolsSongwritersMy GenerationJennySinging Songs Author:Chuck Ragan
“It's always a blast playing the new stuff. But I feel like songs, in a way, are never finished. You get to a point where you're comfortable enough to put a stamp on it and send it out there, but even after recording it, when you're playing it live, you hear different harmonies, you hear different notes, you hear different tempos or peaks and valleys in the song.” WayFeelsDifferentEnoughSongStuffComfortableHarmonyNotesFinishedValleysStampsBlastTempoNew StuffPeaks And Valleys Author:Chuck Ragan
“You learn new song until you're comfortable with it to where you can record it blindfolded, but then when it comes out on the record, you forget about those little nuances and those little things that you changed during the recording process. It's those spur-of-the-moment things you do that makes it an entirely new beast that you then again have to relearn.” LittlesMomentsSongProcessForgetRecordsChangedComfortableBeastLittle ThingsSpursNuanceNew SongsBlindfoldedYou ChangedSpur Of The Moment Author:Chuck Ragan
“Well we never set out to write a concept album. I've always used song writing as a therapeutic release so in that process, I just do my best to be honest with myself and look inside myself and whatever comes out usually just reflects or depicts what I'm going through in my life at that time.” WritingWellsLooksUsedSongProcessHonestConceptsAlbumsReleaseBeing HonestTherapeutic Author:Chuck Ragan
“We can use music as a tool to overcome things. It was a beautiful age and realization for me, an awakening. I felt like my eyes were opened. It was like, you mean to tell me that I have the opportunity when I'm bottling stuff up, wanting to smash windows and breaking down walls, I can put that energy into a song and wake up the next day with that weight lifted?” MeanI CanUseEyeAgeBeautifulSongNextOpportunityEnergyFeltStuffLike YouWallToolsWindowOvercomingWeightWake UpAwakeningRealizationNext DayBreaking Down Author:Chuck Ragan
“People showed me this way of dealing with music, writing songs, thinking about music and shows and our community and the fact that it doesn't have to be about being popular or fashion or making money.” PeopleThinkingWayWritingFactsShowsSongCommunityFashionMaking MoneyOur CommunityWriting SongsBeing PopularMusic Writing Author:Chuck Ragan
“The song writing is different because with this stuff, I write it on my own and with Hot Water, we're more of a collective and I love both sides of that. Honestly, it's two different animals but I love and respect them both and feel really honored to be blessed with people who care about it and come out and support both sides of it.” PeopleFeelsWritingTwoDifferentCareSongStuffSidesWaterMy OwnAnimalSupportHotBlessedHonestlyCollectivesBoth SidesHonoredWho CaresLove And RespectBeing BlessedHot WaterDifferent Animals Author:Chuck Ragan
