Eric Church Quotes
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I've always made music that was representative of real life.
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When you play the bars, you pay your dues. It does matter that you know those things [songs]. And the great thing for me, too, is that I draw on that stuff as influences. It's also stuff that you put in the tank that you pull from to make records.
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If I wanted the ticket to be a $200 ticket, I'd have made it a $200 ticket, but I don't want it to be that.
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I'm not a guy who can go in and go, "Hey, are we doing right or wrong?" I just do it. And whatever it is, it is.
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I don't use the big video screens that a lot of other artists use because personally, I think it's kind of a crutch. I think sometimes it's like watching television as opposed to really getting involved with what is happening onstage and the people in your section.
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I'm not a trust-fund type.
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There's just a lot of people that hold on to what country means to them. I love fiddle, I love steel, but I don't think it should be a rule that it has to be used in every song. I think that's not what defines or makes country music.
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In the digital age we're in now, with satellite radio and Pandora and stuff like that, it's not about, "I listen to this kind of music." It's about, "I listen to good music and bad music."
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I come from a long line of Sinners like me
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I am very thankful and blessed to have a healthy and happy baby boy and baby mama.
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It's always the roughest path, but I think it's got the most reward at the end.
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I'm going to do everything I can to keep from being mainstream.
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The biggest thing is to continue to do what you do. A lot of people, when they get to a certain level, start thinking about it too much and they change what they do.
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I have a new hobby and it's pretty much logging.
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Life doesn't get more real than having a newborn at home.
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I went to my dad when I was 17 and said, 'I want to be a country music star.' Which every dad loves to hear. And he said, 'I want you to go to college.' So we had a discussion. And I'm pretty stubborn. I'm a lot like him. And he said, 'If you go to college and graduate, I'll pay your first six months of rent in Nashville.' So he bribed me.
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The best advice I've been given is kind of the "dance with the one who brought you" thing. You got here on what you do so don't change that.
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I think a lot of times, artists and albums can become formulaic. You're known for a certain thing, and you continue to do that. You just change the subject matter, but it's the same song. And that's what you do.
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When I feel like every day when I get up I'm writing songs, that's the time to make a record.
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Music's cyclical. There's always that next generation that always comes along.
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Stay young and wild as long as you can
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If I was concerned about my legacy, there’s no way I would ever sit there [and be a reality-show judge]. Once your career becomes about some¬thing other than the music, then that’s what it is. I’ll never make that mistake.
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Bob Seger was a huge inspiration.
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I can't stand making records.
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I'd trusted my fan base, I'd trusted the my gut, and I'd trusted the music. ...the real experts are out there in front of you every night. They're the ones buying the tickets and coming to the shows. They're the professionals in this business, and they're the only ones who can tell you which songs have the ability to move them.
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The key to songwriting is just to be able to observe, and put yourself in situations to be around people, and let those ideas come to you.
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The evolution of the music is what allows it to survive.
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I wouldn't be the man I am today, If not for those I've loved along the way
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As far as writing, it's grown because I've really grown comfortable with who I am.
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Country fans are the best fans out there because of the loyalty, and the way that they apply your music to every aspect of their life.
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