Sam Hunt Quotes
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I try to make music that's relevant to my life and relatable to the culture I live in.
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I'm going to put music out when I feel like it's ready.
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My route is a little bit nontraditional. A lot of the people working in Nashville, they have a model. I don't really fit into that.
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My style, in terms of what I wear, is kind of representative of the music.
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I have a cat named Dandelion.
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It wasn't until I was 18, when I was graduating high school, that I went and bought a guitar on a whim.
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I kept hearing all these rules: 'You can't say that in country music.' 'You can't use that kind of beat.' I became so frustrated. It may have slingshotted me, in a rebellious way, toward doing something different.
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I've always craved winning. It's just easier in sports because there's a scoreboard.
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There's a system in place in Nashville, and for a long time, I was trapped in this idea that the only way to do it was to come to town, get a record deal, and do it the way they say. And that system works. But it caters to a specific kind of artist, and I didn't necessarily fit that mold.
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To me, country songs are simple.
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I've always really liked the rhythm element of songs.
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I could probably recite just about every song that was on country radio between 1990 and 2000.
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I don't really know that I'm aware of a lot of the inspiration and influence that I'm under, because I didn't have an extensive musically educational upbringing.
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Obviously, I love country music, so I wanna be able to live in the country music genre and then play to country music fans.
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Once it's out there in the universe, it's serving its purpose, and I'm proud to have other folks hear the music that I was a part of making.
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The first song I learned on the guitar was a Kenny Chesney song called 'What I Need to Do'; it was just an easy song to play... and it was really cool to see that come full-circle a few years later and have him record a song that I was part of.
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To all my people back in Nashville who have been there from the start, you put your faith in me. You were there for the long haul.
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As much as I enjoy traveling and playing on stage as an artist, I really find my true sense of purpose in a room writing a song.
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I wrote a song several years ago while I was in college called 'Muscadine Wine.' I really didn't know if it had potential or not, if it was good or bad or what. I played it for my roommates - who I played ball with - one night, and I knew they would tell me the truth. They loved it, and that encouraged me.
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I do think I'm country, but your definition of that word might be different from my definition. In my opinion, country music, the sound of country, has always evolved. But the one thing that has not changed is the story element. And I think country songs are truthful songs about life written by country people.
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I didn't know what to expect, having not been an artist before. From the outside, you only see romantic snapshots of what seems like a great lifestyle, and it is, but it's also grueling.
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I didn't really know you could make a living in songwriting. I was just very fortunate to have the opportunity to play a few songs for a guy there named Jimmy Ritchey. Through that meeting, I met another couple guys and ended up getting a publishing deal in Nashville.
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I had a couple CDs. But I never had that first concert experience, that first record thing.
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The most flattering thing I hear is, 'I didn't think I liked country music before I heard your record.'