Chris Stapleton Quotes
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The goal is always just to write the best song that you can write. I mean, the process for writing a song is the process for writing a song. It's not something I look at it as something I need to do something different.
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I want the dude in the top row to feel like he's down there on the front row in a club.
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Anybody who has ever played in bars has played 'Keep Your Hands to Yourself.' It's a monumental piece of rock & roll. It makes you feel exactly like rock & roll is supposed to make you feel.
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It's a unique thing, and it's probably the thing I love most about songs and music - their ability to connect in a human way.
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If you go in RCA A, you'll realize that it's not just a Nashville thing. It's a studio that belongs to music.
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I write the songs and hand it over to the world and see what happens. But the things that I've written for people that have been hits, I don't know that I would have directed them in the right path, but they definitely wound up on the right path.
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I like all kinds of music. But I would rather people stop caring about lines.
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My favorite record of all time is Tom Petty's 'Wildflowers.' I hold it as the standard - in terms of sonics, sequencing, and songs. It shows that making a complete record is important, rather than just making a single.
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I'm gonna keep making music that hopefully I think is good, and whatever comes out of that, that will be fine with me.
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I've always believed you should sing songs you can really put yourself into. I think the emotion you put into it is just as important as singing the notes.
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It is a really interesting to hear yourself on the radio. I've gotten to hear myself in different capacities. I've heard myself on Sirius XM on the bluegrass channels, and on WSM and other places.
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Anytime that another artist or a critic that is well-respected says something nice about you, you're always thankful and hope that you can live up to that.
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For me, the more time you can take and the more care you can take with songs, the better off you're going to be.
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The curse of being a songwriter is that's you're always at work. I could look out the window right now and see something that would make me want to write.
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If there's one kind of music that makes somebody happy, how is that a bad thing? And if there's another kind that makes somebody else happy, how is that a bad thing? I don't get why anybody cares about what they don't like so much.
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I am always interested in making myself as uncomfortable as I can. Sometimes I ask myself, 'Can I stand onstage and sing this song and sell it?' Sometimes I can't. In a room, you get to pretend a little bit and step outside of yourself.
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I don't look at it as mainstream country versus outsider.
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I like to put something on and want to listen to it again once I get done listening to it, not feel like I need an ear break.
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My earliest memories of music are probably my dad listening to a bunch of outlaw country, but also old R&B and Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin. But, you know, I had rock phases and liked more modern R&B acts. I've always listened to all kinds of music, and I like all kinds of music.
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I think the path is different for everybody. Go after the doors that are open to you. That has always been my motto getting into the music business. Do the things that seem to be good opportunities and work hard at it. Try to make good decisions and be nice. Hopefully all of that will pay off at some point.
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I think, at some point, all of us - I'm gonna speak personally, not for everybody else - you're gonna feel like a one-trick pony, and you might even be a one-trick pony. But at some point, if it's a really good trick, everybody's still gonna appreciate it.
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I had a beard way before it was fashionable.
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I like places that have history in the sense of - you feel responsible to it.
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I've always been in touring bands in some capacity.