Coy Bowles Quotes
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It's kind of a Catch-22. The more successful you get, the less normal you get.
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Life is short, so there is no reason why you shouldn't live it to the fullest expression of yourself.
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I can play in front of 30,000 people at Fenway and not be nervous at all. But I get really nervous in front of kids.
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I taught guitar lessons for a long time for a living before I got on the road. I really enjoyed hanging out with kids, talking about music with them, and trying to influence them in a positive way.
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I'm so grateful to have been raised on love and to be so in love with my wife.
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Once you start getting into giving back, it gets addictive.
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I believe 99% of success is never giving up.
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Pearl Jam's 'Alive' is the reason I started to play music.
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Duane Allman might be my favorite guitar player ever. I'd say I'm influenced by the Allman Brothers more than any other band. When I taught guitar lessons for a living, the students that were interested in soloing had to learn the intro to 'It's Not My Cross to Bear' first thing.
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I love kids, and I think I would be a great dad. I had great parents, and my mother and father are my best friends, so I'd have good examples to lead from.
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I made a promise to be as creative as I could, even outside of music.
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It's always hard for me to put the pieces together when listening to a finished album that I was a part of writing and playing. There are so many memories wrapped up in each note and each song that it's hard not to constantly flash back to what made that musical event happen while listening.
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I try to cross as many genres as possible with the same attitude. I want every song to be very clear.
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I try as hard as I can to push myself. I try to create as much as I can. I try to grow on a daily basis.
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I learned real fast that you need to have a plan of action when changing diapers, or it can get dicey fast.
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The recipe to our success is that you have a bunch of different guys who listen to a lot of different music.
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One of my favorite guitar players and musicians is a guy named Jimmy Herring.
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It's so hard to listen to an album you created and without remembering where you were when you wrote it or referencing the the recording experience.
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There is an idea that at some point in your career, you 'make it.' I understand the theory of 'making it.' I don't exactly think that it's the best way to look at it.
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I don't usually suggest going into something you cannot do, but sometimes you gotta jump in and land on your feet.
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I never thought we were a country band in the first place. I think we've gotten ourselves into a place where we don't underestimate our listeners and what potential there is for the music they've heard all their lives.
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Stylistically, we do so many different things.
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Just to be part of the history of the Hollywood Bowl - so many people have played there; at least, all of my heroes have.
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I love coming back home and seeing old friends and family. I would say it keeps me grounded.