Coy Bowles

“Once you start getting into giving back, it gets addictive.”

“I love coming back home and seeing old friends and family. I would say it keeps me grounded.”

“I live a life of creating, sharing music with wonderful musicians that I love like family, and spreading a message through music that life is yours to live wide open, and do it your way with love.”

“I'm grateful for being able to explore different avenues of my writing, whether it be music or stories, and it have an audience.”

“I'm a blues guy at heart, so silly music isn't generally what I do. I'm a I'll-cry-as-my-guitar-gently-weeps kind of guy.”

“I learned real fast that you need to have a plan of action when changing diapers, or it can get dicey fast.”

“My mom used to cut out articles from the 'Atlanta Journal Constitution' when I was in high school. She would either give them to me to read or she would post them on the fridge. These articles would usually be stories of someone inventing something, breaking records, or achieving some kind of success.”

“I try as hard as I can to push myself. I try to create as much as I can. I try to grow on a daily basis.”

“When I try to be funny, it always makes me more nervous that I'm trying too hard, and then my brain that already thinks too much jumps into hyper drive, and I light-speed start talking 'Star Trek' to someone who's talking 'Star Wars.' Anyway, it doesn't work out usually when I 'try' to be funny.”

“My dad has seen and done a lot. He comes from the hippie era where music and living life to the fullest is more important than stability and playing by the rules.”

“My father is a very skilled carpenter. He can do just about anything with his hands. He is very artistic with his carpentry.”

“I never thought we were a country band in the first place. I think we've gotten ourselves into a place where we don't underestimate our listeners and what potential there is for the music they've heard all their lives.”

“My dad is basically my best friend. I'm that dude's spitting image and couldn't be more proud of that. They just don't come any better than my dad.”

“I made a promise to be as creative as I could, even outside of music.”

“I've always been the type of person that thinks, 'If someone else can do it, so can I.'”

“Duane Allman might be my favorite guitar player ever. I'd say I'm influenced by the Allman Brothers more than any other band. When I taught guitar lessons for a living, the students that were interested in soloing had to learn the intro to 'It's Not My Cross to Bear' first thing.”

“There is an idea that at some point in your career, you 'make it.' I understand the theory of 'making it.' I don't exactly think that it's the best way to look at it.”

“I've tried very hard to stay grounded with my family, my ol' buddies, nature, music, and creativity.”

“You think you have the most amazing life by having your dreams come true as a musician and marrying the woman of your dreams. But then you add a lil' baby girl... to the mix, and it's like you've never really lived and loved until she was here.”

“Sometimes I have a little social anxiety, and meeting people can be a challenge for me.”