Sam Hunt

“I have a cat named Dandelion.”

“I love all kinds of music, and I would write really traditional country songs and songs that were just really out there, that didn't sound country at all, and everything in between.”

“You want to stand out and be unique and do something different. I always try to zig when they zag - I guess it's a football term, but it applies to a lot of different areas of life.”

“I've always craved winning. It's just easier in sports because there's a scoreboard.”

“Folks in Alabama seem like folks in Georgia to me. I feel like you can just about combine the two.”

“I can't play guitar if I blow my arm out.”

“Respect for women was a very important part of my upbringing.”

“I kind of have my little OCD wood shed at my house where everything is just right when I go write.”

“I don't know that I've ever bought anything online. I'm about 10 years behind the technological curve, I think.”

“I like to come up with lots of different sounds. So the final version of a song might have been 10 completely different songs before we finally got it right.”

“The things that are going to be in all my records, for as long as I'm making them, are going to go back to who I am and where I'm from and the lifestyle that I live and come from - and I don't know how I could ever get any of that close enough to pop to be considered a pop act.”

“When I graduated high school, I bought a guitar and, at first, didn't really think I'd get into the songwriting thing as much as I did. But after learning a few songs of other people's to play on the guitar, I got bored with that and just started writing songs on my own, and that's kinda how it came about.”

“I've always wanted to do my best to make sure it's clear that I want to keep the focus on my music.”

“I was pretty gung-ho about music and pursuing that and figuring that whole thing out, so I was wide-eyed and ready to go when I moved to Nashville. I never looked back.”

“I wanted to be a bull rider when I grew up.”

“I am from the country, and I grew up mostly influenced by country music.”

“Whatever's going on in my life shows up in the writing room.”

“I didn't really know you could make a living in songwriting. I was just very fortunate to have the opportunity to play a few songs for a guy there named Jimmy Ritchey. Through that meeting, I met another couple guys and ended up getting a publishing deal in Nashville.”

“I wish I could make multiple records, stylistically. The way that I'm gonna remedy that is to make a diverse record with a lot of different styles on one record.”

“My golf game is lacking big time.”