Brad Paisley Quotes

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Brad Paisley

Profession : Musician

Birth : October 28, 1972

I have a to-do list and I have a farm I care for, and things I like to do for fun - going to movies and all that stuff. It's a painfully normal life!

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Something about cactuses and rock music is a good combination.

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I defuse everything I can with it. Humor is such a great shield.

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My home town was really great to me. If you've ever watched 'The Andy Griffith Show,' it's like Mayberry.

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In the past, I tried to be more of a typical session guitarist. I wasn't so concerned with impressing anybody.

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No one dislikes LL Cool J. If you meet LL Cool J, you fall in love with LL Cool J. LL and I had mutual friends, and he and I had always talked about doing something. My fans know LL's music. And I love him - we're blood brothers at this point. We've been through the fire together. I know no finer person.

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I'm a country musician. I know how to play jazz, and I can play rock. But I've had to fight my entire career to get a little respect from people who don't understand where I come from.

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The Stones were a big influence on me and the Beatles, obviously.

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My dad was president of the volunteer fire department, which was within walking distance to our house. I spent several days of each week there with him - any time the whistle blew, he went. It was truly inspiring to watch him lead that way.

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It's hard to be judgmental once you've been around the world... it's pretty hard to be anything but understanding, and I think it's good for everybody to get out and see someplace other than where you grew up.

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I jetset around and play these songs and get to hang with some pretty amazing people, then I go home to a really great farm, though actually it's a disaster area of a farm at the moment. But it's certainly a blast. I wouldn't trade lives with anyone right now.

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Alison Krauss is definitely my favorite singer that's ever lived. I've never heard anyone like her.

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I had an old, red-covered '63 AC30 - one of the best AC30s I've ever heard. I cut the whole of the first record with it.

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As a guitar player, it's harder for me to impress somebody than it is to write a song that they like.

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The hardest part about writing any song is, what do you write? And how do I rewrite things? You start to run out of ideas that feel fresh.

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I'm a huge, huge fan of almost everything British. I love 'The Office' - I was a faithful follower of that show before the American version.

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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.

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I'm the smart aleck. The class clown. I'm the guy who does the song nobody expects.

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As a songwriter, it can be a kiss of death for you to fall in love.

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I'm of the mindset that God loves everyone.

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