Matthew Ramsey

“In the end, yes, I'm the singer of Old Dominion, but we're a band of great singers and great musicians, and we just respect each other so much.”

“'Still Writing Songs About You' - that one hits me every time. For some reason, I really feel that song every time we play it. I just love the sound of it, and I feel like everybody probably has that person that they never fully forget or never can get past.”

“I can't imagine being a girl out there on the road. We can throw a hat on and stink. Girls have to do their hair.”

“Sometimes you can gauge the excitement of the rest of the band. If I'm bringing a song in and they're excited, then I'll hold on to that one. But there are times where it's like, 'Eh, I don't really like that one,' and we have to send that one on.”

“We never really dreamed of being a band until it just naturally happened. All of a sudden, we were like, 'Maybe we should take this kind of seriously, because people seem to like it.'”

“We love writing hit songs. That thrills us.”

“'Old Dominion' is the nickname for the state of Virginia, and four of us have ties to Virginia.”

“It's easy to get squashed down in this business, for sure. Nashville can definitely train you to not get too excited.”

“There's a lot of people out there - like, a lot of people out there - that wouldn't know our music if it wasn't for Spotify.”

“SiriusXM has been an unbelievable way for us to share music. Songs move a lot faster there than they do on terrestrial, so hopefully we can continue to partner with satellite radio as a way to share as much music as possible with our fans.”

“I think that's the great thing for us - we're a band full of songwriters, and we're capable of writing all kinds of songs.”

“That's the challenge as a songwriter is that there's only so many things people want to hear about, and relationships is just one of those things.”

“There's something about the West Coast. The air is lighter. The vibe is chill.”

“I'm a huge Lionel Richie fan, and sometimes we actually listen to Lionel Richie on the bus.”

“A band in our position, we have a first impression to make. We don't want to come out of the gate and make people sad. I think we consciously made that choice to keep it happy and up.”

“Working with a company like LIDS just makes sense for us. Every night, we play a song we wrote that has now become a hit and was inspired by seeing so many of our fans wearing Snapbacks. Our fans are LIDS customers, and we are excited to partner up and bring them into the Old Dominion family.”

“We don't ever want to be this political band. We're just a bunch of dudes.”

“The most important thing I can say is to make music that moves you. Don't try and chase what's on the radio or what you think people want to hear.”

“The truth is, that's what we moved to Nashville to do - to learn how to write hit songs. We weren't necessarily trying to get on college radio. We're trying for mass appeal.”

“There's no shame in being a support act for anyone. It's been extremely beneficial for us to be allowed onstage for any of the artists we've toured with, and we've gotten some big exposure from them sharing their crowds with us in the past.”