Brett Young Quotes

Brett Young

Profession : Musician

Birth : March 23, 1981

It's always helpful to put things down on paper. That's why I started writing.

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When it's your words, and then you watch it connect with an audience as the artist, I kinda reflect back on the writing process and why those words were important to me. And to watch people sing it back, I mean, that kinda means everything because that's the whole point for me - performance and songwriting - is to connect with people.

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The first country song I ever heard was Tim McGraw's 'Don't Take the Girl.'

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John Mayer will be around forever, like the Eagles and Eric Clapton.

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In Nashville, everybody just wants to write the best songs. So it's a very inviting songwriting community.

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I always say, 'If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans.' I couldn't be happier with where I ended up and how it worked out.

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I have to be inspired to write a song.

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I have always been a super-emotional dude.

Brett Young

I say this all the time: I've always been really good at managing my expectations so that I'm not let down.

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I've never been that comfortable with the acting thing. It's difficult for me to separate what's really going on. If there's kissing, that's kissing. I'm not acting; I don't know how.

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For me, I never really understood why certain lines had to be crossed in order to get a point across. There's a PG way to say everything, in my opinion.

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There's a fundamental difference between how often men remember to say 'I love you' and how often women want to hear 'I love you.' For the most part, it's on the guy. He's not withholding it intentionally. It's just that we kind of miss the point sometimes, that even in the most nonchalant way, telling the person how you feel is important.

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I've always been pretty in touch with what I'm feeling.

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I get to share the stage with some of the best.

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Country music isn't about being better than the guy next to you - it's just making sure that you keep working hard enough to deserve the position that you get in.

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I always loved music, I just never thought of it as a career. Baseball was always my thing.

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I'm still obsessed with the beach whenever I'm home; when I'm on the beach, it feels like home to me.

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