Brad Paisley

“It just gets easier in that you become more you in the process.”

“I have a to-do list and I have a farm I care for, and things I like to do for fun - going to movies and all that stuff. It's a painfully normal life!”

“I'm somebody who likes to gravitate toward people who aren't necessarily famous.”

“Willie Nelson, out there 200 days a year, calls his band family. And it is.”

“No one can make the album they made 10 years ago with a straight face. There are two reasons: one is you change as a person. To be a true artist, I have to be true to who I am now and write that way. And the second thing is these are different times.”

“I defuse everything I can with it. Humor is such a great shield.”

“I'm the smart aleck. The class clown. I'm the guy who does the song nobody expects.”

“I take his talent and his passion with me - to the stage of the Opry, to the podium at the CMA Awards, to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, into my own living room. I am the realization of my grandfather's dream. I am a player.”

“Here's the problem with talking about who I voted for. If I say I voted for Romney, then everybody's like, 'Of course.' If I say I voted for Obama, everybody's like, 'Of course.' And then I'm no longer the guy you can't figure out.”

“I changed my mindset and figured, Why not try to be really entertaining instrumentally?”

“You shouldn't listen to my music for political messages.”

“I don't like to look back. I love the next challenge and don't keep awards. There are a few that are really important, but my parents have most of them.”

“Anytime you do something from the heart, people just know it.”

“The Stones were a big influence on me and the Beatles, obviously.”

“I don't think you can get everything based on who you know, but you can't get anything until you do know the right people.”

“The only reason I wound up in Nashville and went to Belmont University is because that's where I needed to be.”

“My home town was really great to me. If you've ever watched 'The Andy Griffith Show,' it's like Mayberry.”

“If you fall in love with somebody, then you're not even worried about your bills. Love can take your mind off of anything.”

“We have to be as good as we want to be as a nation.”

“There are phrases that are totally cliche that we, as songwriters, owe it to ourselves to not use again.”