Brantley Gilbert

“It's not just music. To me, it's songwriting more than anything. A lot of people say it's expression, but to me, it's more than that.”

“I try to just encompass the entire feeling and emotion behind the song the best way possible, and if that's 100,000 screaming guitars right in your face, then that's what's going down.”

“Cardio's not really my deal.”

“It's real easy in a lot of businesses for your head to swell up, and you become somebody else. So that's one of my main goals in the business - to continue to be me.”

“I've kind of got a rebellious bone. I think I came out of the womb like that.”

“My fiancee's the one that's picture worthy.”

“I stay on the road so much that my fiancee and I were talking the other night about what I wanted her to cook. I told her I don't even remember what a home-cooked meal is.”

“I've been asked a million times to move to Nashville, but I just can't seem to do it.”

“Some people wear their heart on their sleeve; I do that in more ways than one.”

“Looking back, we had the hard time, but the privilege, of actually coming up playing biker bars and little bitty college bars.”

“A lot of rap music can get repetitive.”

“I've been in situations before where something was going on, and that's the only way you can kinda cope with it is to write about it.”

“She's definitely an angel sent from above. How can that not rub off on a man? What can I say? I'm a mama's boy.”

“When I started doing music full time, I figured out my job wasn't something I needed to be completely sober for.”

“I don't try to be somebody I'm not.”

“I take a lot of pride in being able to say that what you see is what you get.”

“I don't worry about running myself ragged. I worry about being bored.”

“I just hope my songs mean enough to people. And I feel like you have to live to learn.”

“I'm honored the folks and Bendon understood why I wanted to work with them and Toys for Tots.”

“We're gonna raise some big bucks and breed 'em and that sorta thing. Pretty excited about that.”