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Jason Aldean

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Jason Aldean is an influential American country music singer, born on February 28, 1977. Known for his passionate stage presence and unique musical style, he is one of the key figures in contemporary country music.

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“I think it's important to do things that you're interested in. I think it's important to have other outlets away from the music industry.”

Thinking Important Industry Outlets Music Industry

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“I think when you wear the brand anyway, why not go out and try to promote it and make it as cool as you can? The fact that I can continue to do what I've always done and kind of become the face of that brand is to me, kind of just makes sense. It doesn't make sense not to do it I guess.”

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“I think great songs can come from anywhere and you constantly have to be able to look out for those. I think a lot of the times people will try too hard to write everything themselves and therefor miss out on great songs that way.”

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“I don't really think that audiences are that much different. I think that a fan is the same whether you are from here or from Japan - you come to a show because you like the music. I don't really see much of a difference anywhere.”

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“There are a lot of people out there that really aren't that different than me, I consider myself a pretty average guy, so hopefully they understand me and know where I am coming from. I kinda feel like I am a voice for them.”

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“I didn't get into music to become famous and I didn't get into music to become rich either - I got into because I liked it.”

Rich Become Rich

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“No matter what you do, you're going to have people who have something to say about something you do. You can't please anybody.”

People Matter Please No Matter What

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“If it takes you a year to cut a record, I don't know, you need to find something else to do. It really shouldn't take that long.”

Ifs Knows Needs Years Long Records Cutting

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“There's a lot of people I'd love to work with at some point, but I think the song has to be the right thing. It has to be the right fit.”

People Thinking Song Fit Right Thing

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“If the right thing comes along and you get an opportunity to be a part of something you believe in, and you think it's cool and want to put your name on it, then you should.”

Ifs Thinking Want Should Believe Opportunity Names Right Thing

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“I think everybody would love to say they were in a movie. Whether or not I'm any good at it, I don't know.”

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“Country music artists are staying true to their roots, keeping it country but throwing a little bit of rock flair in there which I think is a good thing.”

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Author:Jason Aldean

“I think my music is definitely country but it's got a little bit of that rock flair about it. I always try to find the things that everyday people deal with in their everyday lives and situations in the songs that I sing.”

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“I try to record music that people can relate to.”

People Trying Records Relate

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“Obviously when you're making music, you want it to get out to as many people as possible. You want to reach as many people as you can.”

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“I grew up in an age where I loved going and buying a physical record. Things that were digital and all that stuff, it wasn't around. So I loved going and buying an album and looking through the inserts and reading stuff and seeing pictures.”

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“Typing in the name of a song and downloading the song you really have no connection with the artist at that point. So I think it is still important to have physical CDs and stuff like that.”

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“I think country music is obviously a great form of music. I think it's cool and has mass appeal.”

Thinking Country Form Mass Music Is Appeals

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“You come to a country music show and it's like a rock show, it's so different, it's just not what people think it is, it's really cool and I think that if people just give it a chance they'd see that it's really cool and I think that's what people are finally starting to see.”

People Ifs Thinking Giving Different Country Shows Chance Rocks Starting Really Cool Give It A Chance

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“Traveling all over the country and all over the world, I think you've got a lot of pop acts and a lot of rock acts that are making a point of traveling to different places and making people aware of their music and their shows and the whole deal and I think country music has always sort of stayed, for the most part, in the states.”

People Thinking World Different Country States Whole Shows Deals Rocks Pops Different Place

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“My dad started teaching me how to play guitar when I was 13 years old. When he'd go to work, he'd map out guitar cords on a piece of notebook paper. I'd sit down and look at it every day and practice while he was gone.”

Years Looks Play Practice Gone Pieces Teaching Dad Paper Down And Guitar My Dad Maps Notebook Cords

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“My dad encouraged anything I wanted to do, especially music. Actually he drove me around to places where I could play.”

Play Wanted Dad My Dad

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“I only took about five guitar lessons in my life from an actual teacher. I learned fast that that wasn't for me. I didn't have the attention span to learn that way. So I learned the basics from my dad, then just from playing on stage, and watching other guitar players.”

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“Hearing people clapping draws you in pretty quick. It's like bungee cord jumping - it's a rush; you just want to do it again.”

People Want Draws Hearing Jumping Cords Clapping Bungee

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“Capricorn was one of the homes of the Southern rock movement with the Allman Brothers and Charlie Daniels and the Marshall Tucker Band. I don't think you can come from that area and not be influenced by that stuff a little bit, no matter what generation you grew up in.”

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“Country music in the mid-'90s was a big influence on my career, and I played all the songs that are referenced in '94' back in my club days. Joe Diffie was rocking a sick mullet, and he was hotter than ever... just putting out monster hit after monster hit. It totally takes me back to those days, and it makes me smile every time I hear it.”

Country Bigs Song Careers Influence Sick Clubs Monsters Take Me Hotter Make Me Smile Take Me Back Mullets

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“There's nothing cooler than a good fitting, worn-in pair of Wrangler jeans, so it's great that with the new Retro line, my fans can go out and rock the same styles that I love.”

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“I didn't want my records to sound like anybody else, and when I've got my guys in the studio, I have a language with those guys because we work together every day. A lot of times, you bring in outside guys, studio players, whatever, and they're great musicians. It's just that they don't necessarily play the way I want it to be played.”

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“I think it's important for artists to work together. It's great for fans to see, like, Ludacris came out to our show in Atlanta and kinda made a surprise appearance there, it shows a mutual respect for what each other does.”

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“To me, a critic is someone who gets paid for their opinion, and they're entitled to that opinion but I don't really put a lot of stock into their opinion. I'm going to cut the kind of records and the kind of songs that I like, and the kind of things that I enjoy doing. If critics dig it, that's fine, if they don't, that's fine.”

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“Records are one thing, and obviously, without hit songs, you don't have the opportunity to do your shows. But my live show has always been my selling tool.”

Shows Song Opportunity Records One Thing Tools Selling

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“I grew up listening to all kinds of music, everything from country to rock, pop, R&B and even rap, so for me, music is music and a great song is a great song.”

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“Now one thing I think is really lame, is if you're an artist and you go to a karaoke bar and sing your own song. I like to get up there and sing stuff that I would never sing on stage anywhere else. Like Neil Diamond.”

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“You have record companies that sign acts that they think are great, and then they never do anything. Acts that they don't think are really going to do much end up having a career. I don't think anyone really knows what it is that drives somebody to get on their computer and want to download a song.”

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“As a new artist, you come out, and there are so many other new artists. It seems like there's a whole wave of new artists that come along every year. In '05, I was part of the crop. It was a lot harder trying to set myself apart from the rest of the pack.”

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“I think from an artist standpoint, you have to put out music that you feel like represents you and things you feel like your crowd wants to hear. And if that drives them to go and download the album or the single, that's what we want.”

Ifs Thinking Want Feels Artist Albums Crowds Standpoint Downloads

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“My mom was a single mom, and she had enough on her plate. I knew when I was doing something I wasn't supposed to, and I tried to keep her from finding out about it. I did a pretty good job of that.”

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“People see you onstage and the glamorous side, but they don't see you traveling 600 miles a night, eating truck stop food and spending by yourself staring at walls.”

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“After my first No. 1 song back in 2006, I worried I may never have another one.”

Firsts May Song Worried

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“I don't think I really have any wisdom. Stay out of trouble. Good luck. Stay away from women because they will burn you, haha.”

Thinking Trouble Luck Good Luck Haha

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“I got a hat deal with Resistol, where I have my own line of cowboy hats.”

Lines My Own Deals Hats Cowboy Cowboy Hat

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“I grew up listening to everything. And rock and roll has always been a big, big part of it - as big a part of what I do as any other type of music.”

Bigs Rocks Listening Grew Type Grew Up Rock And Roll

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“I had an opportunity to play baseball in college, but I just didn't want to go to school. I started focusing on my music and it was game over!”

Want Play School Opportunity Games College Baseball Game Over

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“I had no idea 'Big Green Tractor' was going to be as big a hit as it was. You just can't predict those things.”

Ideas Bigs Green No Idea Tractors

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“I have a love of baseball and a love of music.”

Baseball Music Love Baseball Love

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“I haven't figured out why people like what they like. I don't know. I wish I did. I could sell that to everybody, man, and be a millionaire.”

People Knows Men Wish Havens Sells Millionaire

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“I know I'm not gonna please everybody when I make a record. I don't let that affect any of my decisions.”

Knows Decision Records Please

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“I love fried okra. The fact that it's okra makes me feel like it's good for you - I forget the fact that it's fried.”

Feels Facts Forget Okra

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“I love playing music. And that's what it's all about.”

Playing Music Misfits

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“I think every artist wants to have that 'Grammy award winner' tag in front of their name.”

Thinking Want Artist Names Fronts Winner Awards Tag Grammy

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About the Author

Born: February 28, 1977
Known for: Singer
Quotes: 75

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