Brantley Gilbert

“A lot of people can be cheerleaders for songs and go, 'Oh, that's great,' and they don't think it.”

“Main thing, really, is I write songs the way I wanna hear them and the way I think the people that come to our shows wanna hear them.”

“Songwriting has always been close to me.”

“I like being different.”

“If I read a script in the future that I feel like I could have a little fun with or that reflects me well, it may be one of those things that I try out. But, of course, music's my number one priority.”

“The only thing that makes me uncomfortable is when people that do drink, don't drink around me.”

“For me, a show's a show. I try to put on the best show I can for whatever audience or time slot I get.”

“I'm one of the few people I've ever met who is blessed enough to be able to love the one who got away.”

“There's nothing like having somebody that loves every single bit of you, and that you love the same way, to actually, really share it with.”

“I had a CrossFit trainer for two weeks. I fired him.”

“I don't write about anything I haven't been through.”

“I'm not real good at surfing, and I'm terrified of sharks. That's, like, one of my main fears. Snakes, sharks, deep water, and commitment. I think those are my four big ones.”

“I love Eighties rock.”

“Being on stage and on a motorcycle are two of the only places I feel comfortable and free. Those are my happy places.”

“Fame and money and all that - you hear people say it a lot, but they don't mean a thing to me.”

“I've got my head screwed on in the right direction, for the most part. It may be turned a little bit to the left, but we're getting there.”

“I wanted to make sure that if somebody special did come along, I was the kind of man that a woman like her would deserve.”

“From the R&B side, I've always been a huge Brian McKnight fan. He's just as talented as it gets vocally, and as a musician. I think it'd be real cool to do something with him.”

“I'm not too good at being fake or being somebody else.”

“I like to lift and do cardio to stay in shape, so I can walk the dog on somebody, and I like to be strong, but running 10 miles or a decathlon? That don't support my interests.”