Joe Quotes

Australia is breathtakingly beautiful, and I can't wait to visit again.

Being an entertainer includes knowing how to connect with an audience.

Everything that's cool that happens, I look at my wife and I say, 'We need to enjoy this moment right here! This is really special!'

I believe in angels. I believe in God.

I believe there's things all around us that make you do good things and some that make you do bad things.

I can't sing anything other than country!

I think the Lord gives us everything we can handle, nothing more.

I think it is a huge honor to get to go play for the troops who have been working their tails off for several years, some with several tours under their belt.

If one artist sells five million albums, the tendency is for other artists to say, 'Maybe I should do a little of that, too.' That can be tough to resist.

Winning the ACM, winning the CMA, my first time on the Opry and having Grammy nominations were all a big deal to me.

The risks are 'How country can you go?' rather than 'How rock can you take it?'

My first record deal was an independent record deal back in 1995 or early 1996.

We have a good opportunity to be good parents right now.

You have to believe that things can be bigger than what you see in front of you in order to move forward.

I enjoy my life very much.

I married a woman who's not going to take anything. No slips. She's very accountable, and she holds me very accountable.

I think every artist would love to just please themselves musically all day long.

I think it's a natural fit, major league baseball and country music.

I wanted to make a traditional record that had a lot of art and showed my vulnerable side and showed things I'm passionate about.

I was probably nine or ten the first time I heard there was no Santa Claus.

I would never do anything that makes the perception of country music worse.

I'm a traditional country singer and we're always trying to make that a fresh and modern sound. That's always going to be the challenge with me.

I'm big into fishing, but I've never been much of a hunter. I never was really raised around it a whole lot, so I never got a chance to do it a whole lot.

Performing for the Dalai Lama - those are words I never imagined coming out of my mouth.

Music is also supposed to be fun. On this record, (titled 'III'), I really had the desire again to jump back into some good-time, fun-loving songs.

When you work for Bruckheimer, you don't get it any better. He's the ultimate producer. I've had the good fortune of working with some great producers over the years.

I think we're going to see the day where commercialized television will not exist anymore, it's going to be vertically integrated.

Let's face it, 80 percent of the work I do my kids can't see.

In private some critics have come up to me afterwards and told me they honestly enjoyed the movie. Then they'd tell me that they're still going to have to write it up negatively.

When I interview somebody, I look at their resume to see what they've done, who they've worked with, and how many times. If they've gotten repeat work. Those are the kinds of actors I want to hire.

The camera looks into your soul.

Connfidence, excellence becomes a reality.

There has to be some self-denial.

Some things I thought were important for a young man to know.

All coaches are thinking men, or else they wouldn't survive.

My father said about money: 'You have to have some. But you don't have to have all of it. Just be honest with yourself.'

The kids that were the victims ... I think we all ought to say a prayer for them.

I don't need to speak...I play the guitar!

I think people have to be more aware of what the repercussions are of their actions.

I didn't think I could go onstage and play unless I had a beer to loosen up. Well, if it was only one beer to loosen up, I'd probably still be drinking today.

There are definitely things about 'Legendary Child' that echo the music we did earlier in our career. It's got the right stuff.

For me, L.A. was, and is, a very creative place to be.

I don't want fans to think we're clean, upstanding American boys, but we are Americans, and we do stand up.

I was very fascinated by the time when firearms went from being fire sticks to being something people could use to hunt and to survive.

The media plays up celebrity a lot, but it doesn't hold a candle to being a scientist. There's a lot to be said for what they all do, and are trying to accomplish.

You don't throw clothes away, because you know it's going to come back in fashion!

I don't think there's anything anybody's doing that the Beatles didn't at least try at some point.

I have seen more bad songs make it because of MTV than good ones that haven't.

You can always pound out demos and send them to record companies, but most of the successful bands I've seen are the ones that can sustain themselves.

A lot of people don't listen to the albums. They just listen to the singles.