Eric Church Quotes

I wouldn't be the man I am today, If not for those I've loved along the way

Funny how a melody sounds like a memory.

It's always the roughest path, but I think it's got the most reward at the end.

Stay young and wild as long as you can

I think too many people, if you are 46 you want to look 36, and if you're 36 you want to look 26. I didn't want to do that. I've earned the gray hairs. So I wanted to show that level of honesty.

Many people have come to think they can just wake up and have things handed to them.

Now me and my brother go to see him some times but he don't have much to say anymore. So we sit on his headstone with a fifth of Jack D. Here's to a long line of sinners like me.

The best advice I've been given is kind of the "dance with the one who brought you" thing. You got here on what you do so don't change that.

The evolution of the music is what allows it to survive.

I'm going to do everything I can to keep from being mainstream.

I've always made music that was representative of real life.

I'm not a trust-fund type.

We're all given a window of opportunity, I think all artists are, of any genre. A window when you're truly relevant, the spotlight's on you and people are watching what you do.

Music's cyclical. There's always that next generation that always comes along.

The key to songwriting is just to be able to observe, and put yourself in situations to be around people, and let those ideas come to you.

Everybody always tells you what an awesome and unique experience being a parent is. Words can never do the feeling justice.

I'm not a guy who can go in and go, "Hey, are we doing right or wrong?" I just do it. And whatever it is, it is.

Country fans are the best fans out there because of the loyalty, and the way that they apply your music to every aspect of their life.

I have a new hobby and it's pretty much logging.

The town I came from really had one industry, and that was furniture.

I am very thankful and blessed to have a healthy and happy baby boy and baby mama.

I don't care if I starve.

I want to be the guy out there on the edge.

As far as writing, it's grown because I've really grown comfortable with who I am.

Bob Seger was a huge inspiration.

I have a huge chip on my shoulder.

Life doesn't get more real than having a newborn at home.

The biggest thing is to continue to do what you do. A lot of people, when they get to a certain level, start thinking about it too much and they change what they do.

If I wanted the ticket to be a $200 ticket, I'd have made it a $200 ticket, but I don't want it to be that.

When I feel like every day when I get up I'm writing songs, that's the time to make a record.

I can't stand making records.

In the digital age we're in now, with satellite radio and Pandora and stuff like that, it's not about, "I listen to this kind of music." It's about, "I listen to good music and bad music."

I've played shows with injuries before but unfortunately cannot overcome having no voice.

I've always thought, it's the artist that write the songs and make the records. And it's our responsibility to set the tone for what's happening in the industry. And I take that seriously.

The most important thing for me as an artist is having an identity.

I come from a long line of Sinners like me

Maybe it's oldest-child syndrome, but I have always been competitive, even as a kid with sports. It spills into my career.