“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.” YearsLooksPlayPracticeGonePiecesTeachingDadPaperDown AndGuitarMy DadMapsNotebookCords Author:Jason Aldean
“My dad encouraged anything I wanted to do, especially music. Actually he drove me around to places where I could play.” PlayWantedDadMy Dad Author:Jason Aldean
“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.” WayWantPlayTogetherGuyLanguageSoundRecordsPlayerMusicianStudiosWorking TogetherGreat MusicGreat Musician Author:Jason Aldean
“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!” WantPlaySchoolOpportunityGamesCollegeBaseballGame Over 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
“The worst gig story I have is from a club in Alabama that I think is still up and running, so I won't name the name of the club. We got hired in there to play, and the owner was pretty annoying. He kept coming up to me during the show and asking me to play 'Purple Rain.'” ThinkingStillsPlayStoriesShowsRunningNamesWorstRainAskingClubsOwnersAnnoyingPurpleGigsAlabamaPurple Rain Author:Jason Aldean
“You don't want to get too ahead of yourself and go out thinking you can play stadiums every night, and they end up being about half-full.” ThinkingWantEndsPlayNightHalfEvery NightStadiumsHalf Full Author:Jason Aldean
