Darius Rucker Quotes

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Darius Rucker

Profession : Musician

Birth : May 13, 1966

The worst thing for me when I go to a concert is a whole bunch of ballads. You get bored.

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If I did a show and didn't do Hootie songs, I would be ripping people off.

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You always wanna make the best record you ever made, and if I feel like I didn't do that, I wouldn't put it out.

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People looked at me as a carpetbagger coming over from pop to country. But it helped because it got me in the room.

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I'm always up at 7:30, usually earlier. Having three kids will do that.

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I'd work with Charles Kelley anytime. I'd go do a 'Pancho and Lefty' record with Charles. He is class, man.

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Billy Graham isn't about politics - Billy Graham is about God.

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Everything that I do on stage comes from seeing the Black Crowes in '95 in Charlotte. For 'Let Her Cry,' I was just trying to write 'She Talks to Angels.'

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I'm a big Black Crowes guy. I think they are one of America's greatest rock & roll bands ever.

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I pay almost no attention to the charts.

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I love Bob Dylan. 'Blood on the Tracks' is one of my top five records.

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One of my pet peeves is when people think that pop guys go country when they can't make it in pop anymore.

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There are so many people who would like to see me not make it in Nashville. But that's good motivation.

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Every time I make a record, it's make-or-break time. I hope I always have that mentality - that's what keeps me fired up.

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No doubt about it, country is a much more family-friendly business than pop.

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We work so hard to stay true to country music. People can say they don't like it, but they can't say it's not country.

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The first year I started liking the Dolphins was Super Bowl VI, which they lost to the Cowboys. I was 5. My whole family was pulling for the Cowboys, so I rooted for the Dolphins. They lost, and I cried.

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I played every position, from right tackle to quarterback and everything in between.

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I think I could take a job as an NFL scout.

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Everybody wants to have a good time, especially at a concert. That's why everybody goes.

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