A biography for Darius Ruckerhasn’t been written yet.
“I got turned onto the 'Pat Garrett' soundtrack when I worked retail back in the day.”
“I'll take the kids to school after breakfast. I love doing that - love being a dad.”
“I'm lucky my wife is a strong woman. She's one of the stronger people I've ever met. It's hard for me to be away, but I know my home life is fine because my wife is there.”
“The first year I started liking the Dolphins was Super Bowl VI, which they lost to the Cowboys. I was 5. My whole family was pulling for the Cowboys, so I rooted for the Dolphins. They lost, and I cried.”
“What I love about each album is the opportunity to expand on what we've done in the past - to push myself and the band creatively, vocally, and lyrically.”
“I'm not a studio rat. I do find sitting around playing the same song 12 times kind of tedious. I like to get in and get out.”
“I'm always up at 7:30, usually earlier. Having three kids will do that.”
“I'm used to being the only black guy. I've seriously walked onstage, looked out in the audience, 15,000 people - and I'm the only one in the place. It's no big deal. My whole career's been like that.”
“I make records so I can go on tour. There's nothing else. I love to go out and play for people.”
“A lot of times, I don't want to listen to my stuff, because I'm thinking maybe I didn't do my best.”
“With 'Wagon Wheel,' I loved the visual it painted, and it's a song I can truly say I look forward to performing every night.”
“No doubt about it, country is a much more family-friendly business than pop.”
“Billy Graham isn't about politics - Billy Graham is about God.”
“When you're doing a Motley Crue tribute record, you can ask anyone to do it, and they're not going to say no.”
“I've known Tiger since he was 18. Tiger is a great guy. I am so happy for him right now.”
“If my music career was my golf game, I'd be playing for about 26 people tonight somewhere.”
“My family lives a pretty normal life.”
“At the end of the day, I'm a fan of great stories and great songs.”
“When I'm singing a song, I'm in that song, and I'm thinking about what emotions I should bring to the song. Voicing a character was very similar. It was high energy, and I had to really think about the emotion of what was going on in the scene.”
“I always say, no matter what happens to me as a black man in country music, I can handle it if Charley Pride could handle all the stuff he went through.”