“I'd had my whole life to write my first album. I had my No. 1 and my third single out, and they go, 'Hey, guess what? We need to start recording the next one.' I'm like, 'Uh oh, I got to write another album. Well, how am I gonna write 'Should've Been a Cowboy' and 'Ain't Worth Missing' and all that again?' It took me forever to write the first one.” NeedsShouldWritingFirstsWellsWholeNextForeverMissingThirdsAlbumsWhole LifeHeyCowboyThe Next One Author:Toby Keith
“If I hear a conversation and somebody says something intriguing, my first thought is, Is that a song? I write all year long, and at the end of the year I pull these forty or fifty things out and say which of these things do I want to record.” IfsWantWritingYearsFirstsLongEndsSongRecordsConversationFiftyFortyIntriguing Author:Toby Keith
“My first gig, I was about 17 or 18. But I'd been singing a long time. I got a guitar when I was 8, and started trying to write songs as a teenager.” WritingTryingFirstsLongSongLong TimeSingingGuitarTeenagerGigs Author:Toby Keith
“Burning up the phone until there's nothing left to say, so I lay here and just listen to you breathe. Girl you know it's only been a week since our first date-back when you were just a stranger to me. I've never let another in so soon.” KnowsFirstsFallGirlLeftWeekLaysPhonesStrangerBreatheBurningBack WhenJust ListenFirst DateFalling For You Author:Toby Keith
