Frankie Ballard Quotes
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I probably would have never made it through college without baseball, so I'm thankful for that. I really am proud that I got to play on that level.
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I'm a huge Travis Tritt fan. I'm a big Southern rock guy.
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Some people are songwriters, and some people are just recording artists. I'm both. I write and record.
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There are a lot of country artists now that are heavily influenced by hip-hop. That's not me. I was very heavily influenced by rock & roll.
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I've always expressed myself on guitar, and so I look at it as another voice that is available to say what you need to say.
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I don't really have any hobbies.
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I'd like to wrestle an alligator and fly a fighter jet.
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If I'm blessed enough to have financial freedom in this world, my family is the ones I owe thanks to first.
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Life is relationships and what we're trying to do together. And please, that's what people have been singing about forever. That's what the blues is all about - the good, the bad, the fun, all of it - that lies there in between a man and a woman.
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I've got an incredible family that I never get to see. I've missed so much. They know how much my career means to me, and they allow me to go and be the workaholic that they never get to see. They support me in that.
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I've always been a strategy kind of guy. I like laying things out and having a plan. Maybe not always a plan, but an approach and a vibe.
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I collect hotel keys. I hope to make something out of them someday. It would be cool to make a bar at my house and, like, the bar is all the hotel keys: lay them down and put glass over them. Or maybe even a coffee table.
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That's what music-making is: a dialogue.
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I've never felt the least bit entitled to airplay. Each spin I get means the world to me.
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I'm always moving like a kid. I'm always bouncing around and never sit still.
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I've never been a morning person, ever. I hate the morning. I have more energy at night.
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The best times I've ever had and the greatest lessons I've ever learned were when my feet were out over the edge of the line, and I was at risk of getting a little beat up, physically and emotionally.
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I believe it's possible to have hit songs and popular music that's recorded by human beings.
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I've always been a band guy. That's my wheelhouse. That's what I do.
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'Boys of Summer,' to me, is like the end of the summer, man. That heartbreaking feeling where you have to go back to school, your summer love is coming to an end, and the leaves are changing. That was always such an emotional time for me as a kid, because I loved summer so much.
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Someone might look like an overnight success, but there's a lot of hard work that goes into it, and rightfully so. That's the way it should be. There are exceptions to that rule, but in country music, people really have to pay their dues.
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It's amazing how the biggest things in our lives - when we're around the fireplace and talking about them when we're older - the things that matter the most to us start off amazingly small and in a humble way.
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Are you really into pop? Are you really into old country? Blues? If you're not honest about your influences, then things don't sound as real as they can be. They're not as sharp a cheddar cheese as they can be. And I'm trying to be the sharpest cheddar I can be.
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'You'll Accomp'ny Me' is a song I've always really cherished. The guy in that song is just so courageous. He's saying this to the girl, 'I know you've got to go do your thing, but eventually, we'll be together. I feel that strong, and I know it in my soul.' And there's something really cool about that.