Sam Hunt Quotes

Sam Hunt

Profession : Musician

Birth : December 8, 1984

Football sometimes is stressful. Music is more of a kind of laid-back type, chilled-out kind of activity. It kind of keeps me balanced, I guess.

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It took me a couple years to get over the stereotype I was letting myself get caught up on, being a football player trying to start a career in music.

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I'm not trying to become a pop artist, and I'm not trying to make sure I stay a country artist. I'm just trying to make sure I make the best music I can, according to my way.

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I don't know where my fashion sense comes from, exactly. I've always been interested in, not necessarily being unique, but not necessarily sticking to the preexisting paradigm - whether it be clothes or music or whatever.

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I'm still learning a lot as a songwriter. I try to write down and make a note of ideas that I cross paths with on a day-to-day basis, whether it be a conversation or something I hear on the radio, seeing a movie, or just thoughts in my head as I'm walking down the street.

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I think that people in general appreciate honesty and not trying to cook something up just to fit a mold that would be beneficial for you. I never made music like that.

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When somebody's never heard you, that's the way to do it: Just give them music for free and let them decide for themselves if they like it or not.

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Maybe one day music will just be music, and there won't be these categories; it'll just be different shades of music.

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The money factor had been kind of my excuse as to why I hadn't put out any music. So I just found the cheapest way to make music and get it to people, and that was via the Internet.

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I like to come up with lots of different sounds. So the final version of a song might have been 10 completely different songs before we finally got it right.

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You want to stand out and be unique and do something different. I always try to zig when they zag - I guess it's a football term, but it applies to a lot of different areas of life.

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By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.

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I was pretty gung-ho about music and pursuing that and figuring that whole thing out, so I was wide-eyed and ready to go when I moved to Nashville. I never looked back.

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I had some interesting costumes... the one that I remember right offhand is Zorro when I was a lot younger. I was a big time Zorro fan. My mom helped me make it, and I remember having a big issue with the fact that she wouldn't let me carry around a real metal sword; it just had to be plastic.

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I don't know that I've ever bought anything online. I'm about 10 years behind the technological curve, I think.

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I love being outside, I do a lot of hunting.

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I've had a lot of folks tell me that my songs weren't quite country because they didn't really sound like anybody that had come along and done it before me. I felt a little out of place for a while.

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I realized that I could try to sound like Waylon Jennings, or I could try to be like Waylon Jennings... but it's impossible to do both.

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I like disagreement because it forces both sides to question their own opinions and why they feel that way.

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A good story gives you more of a license to be forward and progressive with the music.

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