A biography for Darius Ruckerhasn’t been written yet.
“I love Christmas. I love the music... I love everything about Christmas. I'm a big fan.”
“We raised almost 2 million dollars at the last golf tournament that can be used for minority scholarships and Junior Golf programs. The payoff for the work we do is so much more valuable than the work we actually do for it.”
“We went to church every Sunday. When I was a kid, the only time I sang was around my family.”
“I'm a kid who grew up in an all African-American neighborhood and got into schools and aspired to just be me, and didn't worry about labels or anything. Just wanted to be a success at what I did.”
“It's hokey, but I love sitting in an inner tube and taking it easy on a lazy river ride. I can sit there all day.”
“To have John Mellencamp compliment my songwriting? That was unreal.”
“We work so hard to stay true to country music. People can say they don't like it, but they can't say it's not country.”
“I'm always trying to find myself little holes where I can do some songwriting.”
“For me, '52nd Street' is quintessential Billy Joel. I bought that record as a kid and listened to it so much.”
“I love Bob Dylan. 'Blood on the Tracks' is one of my top five records.”
“It's about the music, not the color of the person playing the music.”
“It's hard to be married to me, and it was a lot harder when I was younger!”
“My kids don't care about anything. I'm just Dad to them. They don't get excited about anything.”
“Whether you are on stage or playing golf, all it takes is one person to throw everything off.”
“It was important to me to find a label that wouldn't back out after a first single. Everyone's so used to hearing me with Hootie, they're going to be skeptical.”
“I'd work with Charles Kelley anytime. I'd go do a 'Pancho and Lefty' record with Charles. He is class, man.”
“People go, 'Oh, you're another guy who crossed over to country.' I say, name another one. Name one other pop singer who's done what I've done as a country singer. There isn't one.”
“One of the great reasons to be in Nashville is, you get guys like Shane McAnally to write songs with.”
“I can't live without my family, golf, and football.”
“I pay almost no attention to the charts.”