A biography for Matthew Ramseyhasn’t been written yet.
“There's no need to put a dumb picture of us on the album cover. We always look at ourselves and think, 'Wow, we look like idiots.' We'd rather have a piece of art on there.”
“Honestly, with pop and rock and things, artists are from all over the place, so they're kind of isolated. The city of Nashville helps create the camaraderie. Everyone moves there for the same reason.”
“We have always been a touring band, and we love playing live.”
“There are albums that I listen to religiously just because I'm such a big fan: any Bruce Springsteen album, or old George Strait albums because the songwriting's so strong.”
“It's a huge deal for us to have our own headlining tour and our name on the ticket.”
“There's no such thing as a broken heart, and there's no such thing as a Sasquatch.”
“As writers, you spend so long trying to build your cred as a writer, and then everything comes together at the same time: your artist career happens when your songwriter career is, too.”
“When we come on the radio, people will go, 'That's Old Dominion,' 'cause it's a sound that can only be made by whatever the five of us make together.”
“I love art in general - architecture, anything creative.”
“When Taylor Swift was first beginning to really take off, a couple of guys I knew in her band called and offered me a job on her tour playing acoustic guitar and singing background vocals, and they thought I would be a really good fit for it.”
“You definitely want your own fans, but you also want the support of your peers and the people you work with.”
“We don't take ourselves too seriously. We're just friends that like to goof off.”
“It's very rewarding to know that people respect what you do.”
“In a certain sense, every time you sit down to write a song, there's a fear that you've forgotten how to do it.”
“This goes for our songwriting as well as our success as a band - the minute we stopped chasing what we thought people wanted to hear and started writing things that moved us, that's when people started paying attention.”
“We wanted to make a living, but success was creating a song that we enjoyed playing. Quite honestly, that is still a measure of success for us.”
“The writing process for us is different with every song. Sometimes they come from our lives, or someone else we know may be going through something that we choose to write about.”
“We always talk about our kids being a great way to judge whether it's a hit song because there's something very basic about the way they perceive the music that I think needs to be there if it's gonna be a hit.”
“Personally, my favorite 'meat' song is 'We Got It Right.' As soon as it comes on, it transports me to a different place. And I'm really proud of our performance in the studio on that one.”
“We take what we do seriously, but we don't take ourselves too seriously, and I think that kind of helps us stay focused on what's important - and that is the music, our fans, and our families.”