“I was kind of torn between playing music or playing college football. I was going to college and really focusing on my music career.”

American country rock singer, songwriter and record producer

Brantley Keith Gilbert is an American country rock singer, songwriter, and record producer from Jefferson, Georgia. He has been active in contemporary country music for years and is known for a gritty, Southern-influenced style. He has 98 quotes on the site. Gilbert first released music through Average Joes Entertainment, where he put out Modern Day Prodigal Son and Halfway to Heaven. He later signed with the Valory division of Big Machine Records and released albums including Just as I Am, The Devil Don't Sleep, Fire & Brimstone, So Help Me God, and Tattoos. His songs have reached the country charts 14 times, with four going to number one, and he also co-wrote and first recorded Jason Aldean's “My Kinda Party” and “Dirt Road Anthem”.