Dierks Bentley Quotes
I have so much respect for the genre of country music and for all the greats that have been a part of it. I'm a country singer, I'm a country fan, and I'm a student of country music.
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If you make a film too American, it won't travel. It will have no life outside of its own country.
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Although all of us may not agree with that particular lifestyle for religious reasons, whatever the reason is, you still treat each other with respect.
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As a songwriter, you tend to develop your own style, your own technique, based around what it is you're trying to write and perform, in terms of your own music. So a way of evolving a guitar style as a songwriter is much easier, I think, than developing a true style of your own just from listening to music or playing other people's music.
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The idea of music is to liberate the listener and lead him to a frame where he feels he is elevated.
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I come from a country and also a continent whose identity is in the making. We're a very young culture, and I think that things are not yet crystallised.
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You have to really love women in order to really just have a respect for women and love them. No man - I don't care what kind of man it is, how feminine he is - they never could understand what we go through as far as physically and mentally.
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Sports without music is just a game. Music makes it entertaining.
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I was a big music fan, but I never bought a bunch of records or was very educated, I guess, on who was who or what was what.
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I like finding that common point between another song and my music. It's like between people; you can be of religion or another, from this country or from another country, but we're all basically the same. It's just the same with songs.
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I believe that God wants us to show respect.
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Billy Joel is an incredible musician. He just feels like one of the guys, you know. I grew up listening to his music.
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Fear rules almost every newsroom in the country.
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Kids should be naughty and go through that rebellious phase I didn't have.
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I respect people who can do both careers, like Will Smith and a couple of other people who have done it, but I just don't know when they sleep.
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Music is not a profession. Music is a way of life - one that requires much professionalism.
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I never work just to work. It's some combination of laziness and self-respect.
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Sometimes I feel like music has made love to me.
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I don't want to be a 'teen star' because so many people don't ever grow out of that.
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I think if something resonates, even if it's surreal, it's because it is relatable and I think that that's a core issue for me.
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You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea.
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I think it was T.S. Eliot who talked about good poetry being felt before it's understood. I believe that. There are some bands where I love their lyrics but I don't have a clue what they're on about.
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I have so much respect for the genre of country music and for all the greats that have been a part of it. I'm a country singer, I'm a country fan, and I'm a student of country music.
