A biography for Darius Ruckerhasn’t been written yet.
“People looked at me as a carpetbagger coming over from pop to country. But it helped because it got me in the room.”
“If I did a show and didn't do Hootie songs, I would be ripping people off.”
“I think people who go out and tell you how much they're gonna change things are the people who end up being just another whatever. I'm never trying to change anything. That's not for me.”
“I think I made records, since early on, that people wanted to listen to.”
“I think I could take a job as an NFL scout.”
“I love Hootie & the Blowfish and what we do, but that's not my main focus anymore.”
“Ice Cube is doing so great. He went from being this hardcore gangster rapper to this actor now. He's doing children's movies and all this stuff - he's rocking it.”
“Hearing Radney Foster was big for me, like hearing Al Green or R.E.M. for the first time.”
“I'd be lying to say I've not experienced a lot of racism in my life; it's very much alive. I don't let it bother me. I couldn't be the singer I am if I didn't let it go.”
“The music I like or the football teams I like or the food I eat has nothing to do with me being black.”
“Getting people to come play my 'Darius and Friends Show' was so easy because it's for St. Jude, and that's a great thing.”
“Great music will always rise to the top if you give it a chance.”
“I'm black because I was born this way. I'm proud of it. Thank God I am who I am.”
“I remember my brother was always a jerk to me. One time, he bought Jimi Hendrix's 'Smash Hits,' and he gave it to me because he didn't like it, thinking it was a punishment.”
“Romantic stuff is not something I really remember.”
“Arnold Palmer is my favorite, just getting to know him and all of the film on him and his game. He was the first real superstar in golf. You had Bobby Jones and all of those guys, but Arnold Palmer was bigger than life.”
“I'm going to do whatever I want as long as it's country. I mean, I'm not much on naysayers, so I'll just do whatever. If I like it, I'll do it.”
“I'm going to make country records back to back for a while - until country radio doesn't want me anymore or until I get my own theater in Branson - one of the two.”
“Marriage is not easy. You have to decide to work. That's what it really comes down to: two people deciding to stay together or not.”
“If you hear a song and you like it, you like it.”