Matthew Ramsey Quotes

The most important thing I can say is to make music that moves you. Don't try and chase what's on the radio or what you think people want to hear.

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• Everyone wants the same thing in this band, so we definitely respect each other. I mean, all of us have had hit songs, so it's a band full of people who really know what they're talking about, so you have to respect that even when you think something you have might be great, and they go, 'Man, it's not as great as you think it is.'

  

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• Working with a company like LIDS just makes sense for us. Every night, we play a song we wrote that has now become a hit and was inspired by seeing so many of our fans wearing Snapbacks. Our fans are LIDS customers, and we are excited to partner up and bring them into the Old Dominion family.

  

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• When you go out for the night with your buddies, it feels like you're in a band, and I think everybody can relate to that.

  

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• There are albums that I listen to religiously just because I'm such a big fan: any Bruce Springsteen album, or old George Strait albums because the songwriting's so strong.

  

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• I think it's natural for people to see a band and imagine themselves as part of that. That's what I grew up fantasizing about, looking at posters of bands on my wall. There is an allure to a band.

  

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• Work hard at doing what you feel is right. Don't be scared!

  

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• As writers, you spend so long trying to build your cred as a writer, and then everything comes together at the same time: your artist career happens when your songwriter career is, too.

  

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• A band in our position, we have a first impression to make. We don't want to come out of the gate and make people sad. I think we consciously made that choice to keep it happy and up.

  

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• Personally, my favorite 'meat' song is 'We Got It Right.' As soon as it comes on, it transports me to a different place. And I'm really proud of our performance in the studio on that one.

  

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• Sometimes you can gauge the excitement of the rest of the band. If I'm bringing a song in and they're excited, then I'll hold on to that one. But there are times where it's like, 'Eh, I don't really like that one,' and we have to send that one on.

  

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• When we write songs, we don't ever sit down to write an Old Dominion song. We just sit down to write the best song we possibly can.

  

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• The writing process for us is different with every song. Sometimes they come from our lives, or someone else we know may be going through something that we choose to write about.

  

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• When Taylor Swift was first beginning to really take off, a couple of guys I knew in her band called and offered me a job on her tour playing acoustic guitar and singing background vocals, and they thought I would be a really good fit for it.

  

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• In a certain sense, every time you sit down to write a song, there's a fear that you've forgotten how to do it.

  

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• I think that's one of the hardest parts as an artist, and creating a career, is the song is what is gonna lead you there. So it's hard to find great songs.

  

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• Our sound is different because it's who we are as a band.

  

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• I definitely wear a lot of Tom Ford jackets on stage.

  

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• When people want to be associated with us, in the end, that's going to help us gain more fans.

  

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• We don't take ourselves too seriously. We're just friends that like to goof off.

  

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• It's pretty cool to see, like, from town to town, how different the crowds are.

  

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• We don't ever want to be this political band. We're just a bunch of dudes.

  

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• It's easy to get squashed down in this business, for sure. Nashville can definitely train you to not get too excited.

  

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• When we come on the radio, people will go, 'That's Old Dominion,' 'cause it's a sound that can only be made by whatever the five of us make together.

  

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• The most important thing I can say is to make music that moves you. Don't try and chase what's on the radio or what you think people want to hear.

  

  Matthew Ramsey Old Dominion
  • People
  • Music
  • Important