Chris Young Quotes
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I love playing music. There's no way I could do anything else.
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Some of my favorite records growing up were Christmas albums. The ones I liked best were the albums that you could listen to from start to finish. You could put them on while you're decorating the tree or driving around looking at Christmas lights.
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I'm really loud. I can't sing softly.
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I'm a huge fantasy football fan.
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My standing gig in college was playing the El Chico patio on Murfreesboro Road. I got $100, tips, and free quesadillas.
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I write a lot of my music, but not all of it. I have always subscribed to the 'best song wins' theory when making an album.
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The only thing I want to be known as is a country singer. I want people to hear it and go, 'That's country!'
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My biggest ritual is writing at home more than on the road. I do very little writing on the road. Actually, it's funny to bring this into it, but one thing I always do is have a cup of coffee. I drink the most coffee when I'm writing songs.
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Everybody influences everybody else, in my opinion. There are different trends in music all the time. No matter who starts them, if it's a true trend in the music, it ends up influencing other people as well.
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I grew up loving Vince Gill. That guy sounds just like his record - or better than his record. I've always been such a fan.
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For awhile there, I kind of hit the plateau. Anytime you do that as an artist, one of two things can happen... you're either going to start to fall back off, or you're gonna start to rise.
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We didn't have a whole lot of cash growing up. My mom was a single parent for a while before my stepdad came into the picture.
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When I was making my second record, I was in studio, and I was like, 'No more ballads! Absolutely not!' And somebody walked in with 'The Man I Wanna Be' and I heard it and was like, 'Ah, crap!'
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If you aren't already a songwriter, try it. When you can say what you want to say, in your own words, it's incredibly easy to show an audience who you are.