Dierks Bentley Quotes

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Dierks Bentley

Profession : Musician

Birth : November 20, 1975

I'm part of the party, getting the crowd fired up, singing songs, pouring drinks, whatever it takes to get them to have a good time. When I walk into the meet-and-greet, someone's always going to have a story, a sad story or a happy story.

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I try to make an album that reflects what I love about country music. It's not just all about happy parties all the time. There are some sad songs.

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People are gravitating towards Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders because they are doing their own thing. I think people are trying to cut out the middle man and just get to the source and get away from Washington politics.

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Country music is always changing but the Opry is always there to serve as a lighthouse for what country music really is. The past, present and future is all encompassed by not only the physical structure of the building but also the radio show.

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When you go to the Opry for a show or hear it on the radio, you get the whole circle of country music.

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I can act... well, kind of. I'm comfortable in front of a camera.

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I always say the best applause you can get is when you walk from backstage up to your microphone at a concert. It's also nice to walk up to the mike at an awards show, and that applause is great, too, but the best is when your fans are cheering for you.

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And I'm the biggest country fan there is, but I'm always a little cautious of a slower song or just a song with subject matter.

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I put a lot of pressure on myself. I tell my wife when she's listening to my songs that the slightest hint of whether she likes it or not puts the pressure on me.

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I've had some shows where I really plan out what I'm going to say. Then I've had other shows where I'm like, 'Take a sip of the Ole Smoky Moonshine and just let it be natural and cross your fingers that you say the right things.'

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Only in country music can you compare an old pickup truck and an old guitar to your wife and turn it into a love song... Thank God for country music.

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But as far as being an American and loving this country and getting a chance to travel across it every day and meeting people on the road and folks in the military, I love this country on so many different levels.

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I never met Johnny Cash personally, but I feel like I did because I listened to so much of his music, and even though he's gone, it's still there: you can go pull a vinyl record out and hear his personal thoughts and his voice and feel connected to him.

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Hey, if someone is crushing on me, and it brings them out to the show, so be it!

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My dad and grandpa were in the army and as a country singer you're constantly playing at military bases all across the country and meeting soldiers and their families and hearing their stories.

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I try to make my box as big as it can be because I never want to do the same thing twice.

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I go from being in front of 2,000 people, shot-gunning beers on stage and acting like a complete idiot, to being in a Mommy and Me class, waving a little pink handkerchief around 12 hours later!

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Most of my read on America is through looking through the front windshield of a bus and hanging out with country music fans backstage.

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I wrote a song called 'Here on Earth,' and the hook is, 'There's no answers here on earth.' Basically, searching for the 'why' when someone passes away, and I feel really fortunate that my dad lived as long as he did. But no matter what happens or how it happens, it's certainly a stinker.

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Whether lyrically or musically, it reaches in there and grabs your soul. That's the stuff I gravitate toward.

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