Charles Kelley

“I think for new artists the hardest thing is putting the face with a name. People maybe heard our song on the radio or something but until they get several impressions of who you are - from whatever it is, whether TV or a live show, I feel like they don't quite connect the dots.”

“I've got a lot of little quirks and moments that - my wife, she knows exactly what to say and how to handle me, 'cause I can be hard to handle.”

“One thing I love about the Grammys is that they love to recognize old, risky music.”

“When you're making a record - and I've never said this to anybody, but it's true - when you're making a record, and you go, 'Man, this might win a Grammy!' you feel that level of confidence when you're making a record.”

“I think there are a lot of artists that are very traditional. I think someone can be a fan of someone like Josh Turner and then turn around and be a big fan of someone like Taylor Swift because, at the end of the day, it's all about those songs. I feel like country music has the best songwriting and the best songs of any genre.”

“I think the key to marriage is find your best friend.”

“I wanted to make music that spoke to me, without having the expectation of success that comes with Lady Antebellum.”

“My wife and I met right down the street. Our single, 'Just a Kiss' is kind of about that moment. I was trying to replicate that dance-off between Justin Timberlake and Brittany Spears.”

“My wife thinks I'm a narcissist, but I just think it's hilarious going on YouTube and seeing these covers. There are so many of them - literally hundreds! It's flattering.”

“We're putting a lot of pressure on ourselves for this second album and so we want to make it as great as we possibly can.”

“I'm not going to lie, I love TV. I watch a ton of it - golf, HGTV, football.”

“Growing up I played in garage bands and cover bands with my older brother, and he got us a gig opening up for some hippie jam band. I was 15. I felt like such an adult!”

“We're definitely a hodgepodge of influences. Mine, most heavily, would be Southern rock - the Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd and stuff like that. Hillary is more from the country side - her mom is Linda Davis, a country singer. Dave, he's a big fan of the Eagles and like that.”

“I'm 6' 6''. It's hard to find golf clubs that fit you right and work right.”

“It's always cool to go back home to Augusta, especially during The Masters week.”

“That's a different side of the brain going into the studio, as opposed to doing a live show, obviously.”

“Lady Antebellum will always be my focus.”

“If I am going to do something outside of Lady Antebellum, it's got to make a statement. Otherwise, why do it?”

“If we were to use the success of 'Need You Now' as the barometer for every other song, then we'll probably be highly disappointed. That song will probably undoubtedly be the biggest song of our career. We can hopefully have success for 20 years, but we may not ever have the success of that one particular song again.”

“We love all kinds of music: We love pop music, we love rock music, we love R & B and country, and we just pull from all our influences. So I don't really take offense as long as people are coming out to the shows and buying the records and becoming fans of the music. At the end of the day, the music is what's gonna speak to you.”