“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.” IfsKnowsNeedsYearsLongRecordsCutting Author:Jason Aldean
“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.” IfsThinkingWantShouldBelieveOpportunityNamesRight Thing Author:Jason Aldean
“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.” PeopleIfsThinkingGivingDifferentCountryShowsChanceRocksStartingReally CoolGive It A Chance Author:Jason Aldean
“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.” IfsKindSongEnjoyOpinionRecordsCuttingFinePaidCriticsEntitled Author:Jason Aldean
“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.” IfsThinkingArtistSongStuffOne ThingStageBarsGet UpDiamondLameKaraoke Author:Jason Aldean
“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.” IfsThinkingWantFeelsArtistAlbumsCrowdsStandpointDownloads Author:Jason Aldean
“I don't know if Nashville will ever be ousted as the Music City. But I also think that here, over the last few years, Georgia has definitely kind of risen to the top as far as the crop of young artists coming out of this area that are kind of making waves, you know?” IfsThinkingKnowsYearsKindLastsYoungArtistCitiesAreasWaveComing OutCropsGeorgiaRisenNashvilleYoung ArtistsMusic City Author:Jason Aldean
“If you can go out with your live show and turn people on to that, where you have that fan base that's religious and they're going to come see you when you're in that town, once your radio success is gone and you're not a mainstream guy anymore you can still go out and play your shows.” PeopleIfsStillsPlayShowsGuyTurnsReligiousGoneFansTownsRadioMainstream Author:Jason Aldean
“If you say, 'I'm going to cut this song because I know the teenagers are going to love it,' well, then you're going to alienate everybody else. When I cut my record, I'm just going to cut the things that I like, and whoever likes it, likes it. That's too much work to try to figure out the demographic. That's too much like a business.” IfsKnowsTryingWellsSongRecordsToo MuchCuttingFiguresLikesTeenagerDemographicsToo Much Work Author:Jason Aldean
