“The music has to drive you. That's just it. You follow it. You follow the songs.” Quote by Ronnie Dunn
“I carry my own film guys with me now. People think that's a huge expense, but with technology like it is these days, it's not. You can film videos and everything with a Canon Mark II, and shoot a movie. They're doing it for next to nothing, by comparison. I can do ten videos for a project for the price of one mainstream video in the past.” PeopleThinkingI CanPastFilmGuyNextCan DoMy OwnTechnologyHugeTenProjectsMarkVideoThese DaysComparisonExpensesMainstreamCanon Author:Ronnie Dunn
“I feel like I am campaigning door to door. You just can't step out of a band like Brooks & Dunn and assume that it is just going to be business as usual. You have to work it. It does feel like a campaign where you would have Obama, Romney, or Newt beating the bushes right now. That's what I'm having to do.” FeelsDoeStepsDoorsRight NowBandAssumingCampaignsWorking ItUsualRomneyBrooksCampaigningNewts Author:Ronnie Dunn
“I get around OK with a toolbox. As a kid, I picked up skills following my dad through the oil fields of Oklahoma and West Texas. My wife Janine is hard to impress, but she does think it's cool when I fix things around the house.” ThinkingDoeHardKidsHouseWifeFieldsDadSkillsWestMy DadFollowingMy WifeOilTexasImpressOklahomaToolboxOil FieldWest Texas Author:Ronnie Dunn
“I pay less attention to my hair then probably anybody that I know. I get out of the shower, I towel dry it. I, like, blow it off and then I just run my hands through it and away we go. It's just what it is.” KnowsHandsRunningPayAttentionHairBlowDryShowersTowelsAway We Go Author:Ronnie Dunn
“I was freaking out when Brooks & Dunn were breaking up. I thought 'We play a ton of rodeos, and I thought this was such a cowboy deal, and I don't wear a hat. They might not think I'm a cowboy. That might sound ridiculous to a lot of people, but apparently, it meant something to me. I wound up with a cowboy tattoo from my elbow to my wrist.” PeopleThinkingPlayMightSoundDealsWoundsRidiculousHatsTattooCowboyBrooksWristsElbowsRodeoFreaking Out Author:Ronnie Dunn
“I went to 13 schools in 12 years. We moved all over the place. Music was the only thing that I could get behind... I wasn't that good at socializing. I'm still not.” YearsStillsSchoolBehindsMovedSocializing Author:Ronnie Dunn
“I'm very much involved in art. I started buying art a few years ago and really like the work of T.C. Cannon, who is a native American artist. Then I was introduced to Soviet-era Russian impressionism and started collecting that, especially Gely Korzhev.” YearsArtArtistInvolvedYears AgoErasBuyingNativeSovietNative AmericanCollectingCannonsImpressionismBuying Art Author:Ronnie Dunn
“The best proof of the high quality of American beef is the continued negative BSE findings supported by the highest surveillance possible. The administration should be working to increase our surveillance of BSE, not scaling it back.” ShouldQualityFindingsHighestNegativeIncreaseProofAdministrationSurveillanceBeefHigh Quality Author:Rosa DeLauro
“The State Energy Program, it provides grants to States and directs funding to State energy offices. The States use these grants to address their energy priorities, program funding to adopt emerging renewable energy and energy-efficient technologies.” StatesUseEnergyTechnologyOfficeProgramPrioritiesAddressesGrantsEfficientFundingEmergingRenewable Energy Author:Rosa DeLauro
“The Texas Energy Office's Loan Star Program has reduced building energy consumption and taxpayers' energy costs through the efficient operation of public buildings, saving taxpayers more than $172 million through energy efficiency projects.” EnergyStarsMillionsBuildingCostOfficeProjectsProgramSavingOperationsTexasEfficientConsumptionEfficiencyLoanTaxpayersEnergy EfficiencyEnergy UseEnergy ConsumptionSaving Energy Author:Rosa DeLauro