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Josh Turner

Profession : Musician

Birth : November 20, 1977

We're blessed to be at a level in my career where I can afford to take out a bus of my own and bring my whole family with me, so that's great, too. The boys are out with us all the time, and it's just great to be able to turn around onstage and see my wife back there behind me.

Josh Turner

I love Tennessee, but they don't have the pine trees and the sandy soil and the black water that I grew up around.

Josh Turner

'All Over Me' is a song that I really got fired up the first time I heard it: it just really moved and it really had a lot of energy.

Josh Turner

I've listened to a lot of outside stuff and just haven't really heard anything that moves me. I don't know if I'm getting old and crotchety or what.

Josh Turner

Each day I feel a little differently; some times I try to write something that's fictitious and then there's other times where I try to write something that's true.

Josh Turner

In today's time, writing stuff that actually happened is touch-and-go, because you don't want to be too personal. If you are, then it probably won't relate to a mass audience. A lot of times you have to make it sound like it's about everybody else, but you really went through it.

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I like to fish when it's not too hot.

Josh Turner

I'm not much of a water skier, my legs are too skinny for that, so I just try to tube and have fun, just ride.

Josh Turner

I have a nice boat that I got a couple of years ago that's a Skeeter brand that's 20-foot, center-console. I have it set up for saltwater and for fresh water, so it's been a nice boat.

Josh Turner

I come from big families. My momma was the oldest of three and my daddy was one of six - and I've always loved children. They bring a lot of joy to the world and they make us adults look at things in a better way.

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A No. 1 record is hard to come by.

Josh Turner

Who's not a fan of Don Williams? He's the gentle giant.

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When I'm up on stage, I'm thinking more about my fans and about myself as a singer and an artist. When I'm at home being a daddy, the last thing I'm thinking about is being an artist. It is two things that I never really put together.

Josh Turner

You have to make a lot of sacrifices, and the main thing you have to sacrifice is your privacy. It's funny because when I was growing up, my daddy was and still is an insurance agent in our home town. He couldn't go anywhere without somebody recognizing him or needing something from him.

Josh Turner

'Haywire' is full of different kinds of love songs. It's definitely country and a little something for everybody. I feel like the subject matter goes a little deeper about love and relationships.

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It's so cool for me to do what I love to do for a living and meet people from all over the world.

Josh Turner

I came from a rural background, and I didn't come in contact with a lot of wealthy people.

Josh Turner

My first full year of touring, I did 300 days on the road. That was not including the travel time or publicity or anything else - that was just dates. I was home probably less than 50 days that year.

Josh Turner

I grew up going to a real small missionary baptist church. We would sing a lot of the old standards... the hymns and everything. Those songs are still my favorite and are pretty timeless.

Josh Turner

My dream was to go to Nashville. I had my sights set on my dream. I used to have an '89 Toyota Ford truck. On the front of the truck, I had this license plate with cowboy boots and a guitar that I had airbrushed at Wal-Mart. It said 'Chasin' A Dream.' That was kind of my motto.

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