Darius Rucker
We got to do a few things with President Clinton. To be invited to Washington again to play with Ashanti and all those other cool people there in front of President Bush and the rest of the world feels awesome. I'm really looking forward to going.Collection: Cool
Everybody's got problems, and if you're gonna leave somebody because they have problems, you're gonna be alone for a long time.Collection: Alone
One of my pet peeves is when people think that pop guys go country when they can't make it in pop anymore.Collection: Pet
We went to church every Sunday. When I was a kid, the only time I sang was around my family.Collection: Family
I'm lucky my wife is a strong woman. She's one of the stronger people I've ever met. It's hard for me to be away, but I know my home life is fine because my wife is there.Collection: Home
That's one of my pet peeves. People always want to put something into a category - this one or that one. You know, a great song is a great song.Collection: Pet
I love Christmas. I love the music... I love everything about Christmas. I'm a big fan.Collection: Christmas
Ric Flair was such a huge part of my childhood and teen years. He's an icon.Collection: Teen
I've got some great stuff in my sports memorabilia collection. But my favorite thing by far is the robe. I actually have a Ric Flair robe with 'the Nature Boy' on the back. That's awesome. When I look at it, it brings back so many memories of my childhood and my teen years.Collection: Teen
I was an 8-year-old who loved wrestling and watched it religiously every Saturday at one o'clock.
For me, the Mount Rushmore of greats would be Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, Hulk Hogan, Bruno Sammartino or Lou Thesz. You can do either one of them in that fourth spot. But I think Ric Flair is the greatest of all time. He's the greatest I've ever seen... on the mic and in the ring.
Music education was always big for me. Ever since I was a young kid, I always said it was the reason I went to school sometimes and knowing if I didn't do well in class that my mom wasn't gonna let me sing in school or sing at that concert.
School was very important to me ,and music was what kept me coming back.
It's hokey, but I love sitting in an inner tube and taking it easy on a lazy river ride. I can sit there all day.
There's nothing like sitting and watching the Masters on TV.
I've gotten to play so many of the great courses around the country and overseas. Sometimes it pays to be the golf guy. People always want to take me to the golf course. I love it.
If my music career was my golf game, I'd be playing for about 26 people tonight somewhere.
My kids don't care about anything. I'm just Dad to them. They don't get excited about anything.
There's a lot of stuff I thought I'd do in the world, but I never thought I'd have a street named after me in my hometown. It's a great feeling.
I think I made records, since early on, that people wanted to listen to.
The worst thing for me when I go to a concert is a whole bunch of ballads. You get bored.
If I did a show and didn't do Hootie songs, I would be ripping people off.
You always wanna make the best record you ever made, and if I feel like I didn't do that, I wouldn't put it out.
People looked at me as a carpetbagger coming over from pop to country. But it helped because it got me in the room.
I'm always up at 7:30, usually earlier. Having three kids will do that.
I've always listened to country music. I wanted Hootie to become a country band at first, but I was outvoted.
I'd work with Charles Kelley anytime. I'd go do a 'Pancho and Lefty' record with Charles. He is class, man.
Billy Graham isn't about politics - Billy Graham is about God.
Everything that I do on stage comes from seeing the Black Crowes in '95 in Charlotte. For 'Let Her Cry,' I was just trying to write 'She Talks to Angels.'
I'm a big Black Crowes guy. I think they are one of America's greatest rock & roll bands ever.
I think the people who are sitting in their living room doing those, 'Let's take country music back' blogs and all that stuff, that's crazy to me. No one's saying that about rock & roll, and no one sounded like the Beatles since 1960. No one says that about R&B, and no one sounded like the Commodores since 1970.
People go, 'Oh, you're another guy who crossed over to country.' I say, name another one. Name one other pop singer who's done what I've done as a country singer. There isn't one.
I pay almost no attention to the charts.
I love Bob Dylan. 'Blood on the Tracks' is one of my top five records.
I got turned onto the 'Pat Garrett' soundtrack when I worked retail back in the day.
There are so many people who would like to see me not make it in Nashville. But that's good motivation.
Every time I make a record, it's make-or-break time. I hope I always have that mentality - that's what keeps me fired up.
No doubt about it, country is a much more family-friendly business than pop.
We work so hard to stay true to country music. People can say they don't like it, but they can't say it's not country.
The first year I started liking the Dolphins was Super Bowl VI, which they lost to the Cowboys. I was 5. My whole family was pulling for the Cowboys, so I rooted for the Dolphins. They lost, and I cried.
I played every position, from right tackle to quarterback and everything in between.
I think I could take a job as an NFL scout.
I live for the NFL. I watch so much of it.
Everybody wants to have a good time, especially at a concert. That's why everybody goes.
It's always a positive when radio is playing your music and fans are responding.
Every time I have a song that does well, that's a great feeling to have.
I've been a Robert Randolph fan forever, since 2001. I just thought he was so cool; you don't see a black kid playing the slide the way he plays. No one plays like Robert.
I love jam bands, but I still like a three-and-a-half-minute rock song.
Great music will always rise to the top if you give it a chance.
A lot of times, I don't want to listen to my stuff, because I'm thinking maybe I didn't do my best.