Darius Rucker Quotes

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Darius Rucker

Profession : Musician

Birth : May 13, 1966

When you hear people scream because they're about to hear a song that has been a part of their life, there's nothing like that.

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I love Christmas. I love the music... I love everything about Christmas. I'm a big fan.

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Everybody's got problems, and if you're gonna leave somebody because they have problems, you're gonna be alone for a long time.

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I'm lucky my wife is a strong woman. She's one of the stronger people I've ever met. It's hard for me to be away, but I know my home life is fine because my wife is there.

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It's about the music, not the color of the person playing the music.

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Remember the Stax label and how if you liked one record, you liked all the others as well? You don't talk to a lot of people who tell you how much they love their record label. I don't care how many records they sell.

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People go, 'Oh, you're another guy who crossed over to country.' I say, name another one. Name one other pop singer who's done what I've done as a country singer. There isn't one.

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When I was in high school, I read all of Neil Simon's plays.

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We raised almost 2 million dollars at the last golf tournament that can be used for minority scholarships and Junior Golf programs. The payoff for the work we do is so much more valuable than the work we actually do for it.

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I've known Tiger since he was 18. Tiger is a great guy. I am so happy for him right now.

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I just wanted to go out and make a record that I've always wanted to make since I was a kid.

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It was important to me to find a label that wouldn't back out after a first single. Everyone's so used to hearing me with Hootie, they're going to be skeptical.

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I have major respect for Kenny Chesney and Carrie Underwood and Sugarland. They are wonderful. They're superstars in the music business.

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I'm a kid who grew up in an all African-American neighborhood and got into schools and aspired to just be me, and didn't worry about labels or anything. Just wanted to be a success at what I did.

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I think people who go out and tell you how much they're gonna change things are the people who end up being just another whatever. I'm never trying to change anything. That's not for me.

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Ray Charles has always been a big part of my life.

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I work hard to let my wife know how much I love her. I try to do that every day.

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It's hard to be married to me, and it was a lot harder when I was younger!

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Ice Cube is doing so great. He went from being this hardcore gangster rapper to this actor now. He's doing children's movies and all this stuff - he's rocking it.

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Arnold Palmer is my favorite, just getting to know him and all of the film on him and his game. He was the first real superstar in golf. You had Bobby Jones and all of those guys, but Arnold Palmer was bigger than life.

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