Quotes by Brad Paisley

• It comes down to building your own world out here on the road. It's who you surround yourself with. My band and crew are really positive guys.
• If you're really on top, you probably didn't do that great, 'cause you have to water it down a bit for it to get that mass appeal.
• In the past, I tried to be more of a typical session guitarist. I wasn't so concerned with impressing anybody.
• If I get an idea for a song, I have a melody for it. I'm a musician first. I'm not limited by the fretboard.
• If there's a song where there's a possibility of guitar stuff that would be fun to listen to, go for it. Don't worry about what anybody thinks.
• It just gets easier in that you become more you in the process.
• The nice thing about the world that I've been able to inhabit for the last couple of years is that I'm given a lot of freedom. Not all artists really get that.
• When they say you're the best, I always remember that the majority of the audience probably thinks someone else should have gotten the award.
• I've heard my share of Van Halen. I never liked rock.
• With my guys and with the way that we live out there, we work out a lot and try to eat right, but we try to basically keep it our own rhythm and our own world.
• I go to eat dinner with my folks when I'm home. I think that's the trick.
• You look out there and there's people that, their day is changed because of your contribution to it.
• Guitar playing isn't really for everybody.
• Willie Nelson, out there 200 days a year, calls his band family. And it is.
• I changed my mindset and figured, Why not try to be really entertaining instrumentally?
• I don't stare at a sheet of paper and try to think of a good word to use. I try to see where the story should go.
• Alison Krauss is definitely my favorite singer that's ever lived. I've never heard anyone like her.
• Anytime you do something from the heart, people just know it.
• I like to look at the songs like they're little movies.
• Even in your darkest moments, you'll think of something that'll crack you up.
• I've been on the road I think probably three years.
• Even on the most serious ballads, I'll throw in a tongue-in-cheek remark.
• I imagine there's a market for total depression. I grew up on George Jones and that really dark stuff.
• I love any and all situations where you celebrate creativity.
• I really worked to try and be creative enough on the guitar parts so those who aren't real educated would know that there was some difficulty in doing it.
• I'm aware of the fact that a lot of talented people out there will never get this chance.
• I'm sure there are a few things in my CD collection that might surprise people. I like classical music, the blues, and I'm a big fan of alternative rock.
• As a guitar player, it's harder for me to impress somebody than it is to write a song that they like.
• The hard work puts you where the good luck can find you.