“I try to write like the writers I admire - I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase... So Im always looking for that angle in my own work.” WritingTryingCountryFormMy OwnRecordsAdmirePhrasesAngleTwistedRipHaggard Author:Brad Paisley
“It's innate in me to be a blue-dog Democrat. I'm not saying I'm right or wrong, but that's what I am. My wife and I and our family will do everything we can to support Obama. I like his ideas, I like his energy, and I like the statement he would make for our country to the world.” WorldIdeasCountryEnergySupportWifeDogBlueDemocratMy WifeStatementsOur CountryOur FamilyInnate Author:Tim McGraw
“I want to run for the Senate from Tennessee. Not now, but when I'm 50, when music dies down a little bit. I know lots of artists and actors have those delusions of grandeur, but ever since I was a kid, it's been of interest to me.” KnowsWantLittlesRunningKidsArtistDiesActorsBitsInterestLittle BitDelusionSenateGrandeurTennesseeDelusions Of Grandeur Author:Tim McGraw
“There's a band of studio session - hot players - that play on my albums... They're an eclectic bunch of misfits that I've worked with for years and years.” YearsPlayPlayerBandHotAlbumsStudiosBunchSessionEclecticMisfits Author:Toby Keith
“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
“Writing is not work. In fact, theres nothing better. Writing is something that if the music business went completely away tomorrow - radio stations quit existing and music quit being popular and it was old hat - I would still write songs.” IfsWritingStillsFactsSongTomorrowRadioQuittingHatsStationsMusic BusinessRadio StationsBeing Popular Author:Toby Keith
“Until now, I've been a kind of binge-writer - I'll carve out five or six hours on a weekend day and make a large container of espresso and just bang out a lot of words.” KindHoursFiveSixWeekendBangsContainersBingeEspresso Author:Lev Grossman
“I write all year, and at the end of the year I put an album out. And if sucks, it sucks, and if it's good, it's good. I just let it lay where it lays. It doesn't stop from doing another one next year.” IfsWritingYearsEndsNextLaysAlbumsNext Year Author:Toby Keith