Garth Brooks
True country music is honesty, sincerity, and real life to the hilt.Collection: Music
I don't know of too many double Christmas albums, so it is something that's new, and hopefully will be fun, and there's plenty of stuff out there to cut.Collection: Christmas
Why I got into music was James Taylor, so to see him be a real down-to-earth guy that's unbelievably talented... then to hear him sing those lyrics of 'What I'm Thankful For,' which is a song Ms. Yearwood and I got to write together, that was definitely a highlight of my recording life.Collection: Thankful
I'd like to think a baseball picture is somewhere in my future.Collection: Future
The great thing about albums is it gives you a lot of choices, and we can all say that the album business is dead, but watch Taylor Swift. I don't think it's dead. I just think we've got to hit on the energies that make people want to collect albums.Collection: Business
Just keep taking chances and having fun.Collection: Chance
You aren't wealthy until you have something money can't buy.Collection: Money
I like to follow my favorite team and talk sports with my band or fans. You won't believe how many musicians are sports fans. We have so much time on tour that we need these outlets for relaxation.Collection: Sports
The dads across the soccer field looked at me as a dad just like them. And I was very grateful.Collection: Dad
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.Collection: God
Stand straight, walk proud, have a little faith.Collection: Faith
Happiness isn't getting what you want, it's wanting what you got.Collection: Happiness
I just love to see people having a good time.
That smell of freshly cut grass makes me think of Friday night football in high school. The smell of popcorn and cigar smoke reminds me of the stadium. The cutting of the grass reminds me of the August practice.
I remember in the '80s, Randy Travis was my guy. He's the reason I moved to Nashville, and I just loved him. But at some point when he was winning everything, you find yourself pulling for other people.
I'm much too young to feel this damn old.
The greatest conflicts are not between two people but between one person and himself.
If I have any talent at all it's from God, and my mom, who was on Capitol Records also.
I wouldn't trade a thing. Even the troubles that I had. I have become the husband and mate to my wife that I have because of what I went through, including the bad times. I wouldn't trade that.
It's the sweetest thing to be a parent of a daughter. When they hit their twenties, they become these lovebugs that come back. It's just so sweet.
Be with someone who is kind. I think that's it. Just to love one another was the thing I would want to do. It's a thing that you can't stop doing.
One of the greatest gifts we have is our own mistakes and somebody singing about them.
What I love about 'Midnight Train' is that it's a song about a journey, but the music actually takes you on that journey. It feels like you're moving through the whole song.
I spend all my time right now trying to combat music retail and copyright.
Whatever I do, I hope it's quality, I hope it's something that's class.
No offense to music - thank you for Entertainer of the Year and all that stuff. But if you're a father or a mother, there's nothing that beats being a parent, and that's the best time of my life right there.
Sometimes I thank God... for cheeseburgers.
My father and brothers were in the military.
Any pitcher who might throw at me should know I'm not giving up my day job or trying to get anyone else's job. I just can't think of anything cooler than being one of the boys of summer!
Any time I'm in a moving thing, like an airplane, I'm usually asleep before we even get on our way.
As a kid, before I could play music, I remember baseball being the one thing that could always make me happy.
Because of the changes in the Padres team I played with last year, I felt like a veteran recently when I worked out with Jason Kendall and he told me he's liked listening to my records since he was a kid!
Don't change a thing. That's one of the best gimmicks a band could ever come up with.
I got an offer in 1992 to buy a major-league team. I turned down the offer because I don't want my love of the game to involve business.
I want to get within myself and write. I really, really want to write.
I wouldn't mind producing a movie with a music storyline, but acting in one is too close to home.
I'd love to play a villain in a movie, the kind of bad guy you would never think of me being able to play. Like most people, I have a darker side I'd like to explore onscreen.
I'd much rather have the honesty than not. Because if you will say what's on your mind and get it off your chest, then the sooner I can prove you wrong!
I'm a big movie fan. After a show, if I'm on the bus or a plane, it's often hard to get to sleep, so I'll watch a film. An action film can even relax me.
I've been taking batting practice in my barn where nobody can see me, so I may be better than anyone thinks.
It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
No matter what you say you might do, you never really know until you're in the moment. Every situation is so different.
People aren't always themselves. They're always holding back something.
While I'm playing baseball, I'm still writing songs and having tapes sent to me. I'm sure I'll spend a lot of time in the whirlpool resting these tired bones, so I'll be thinking of music then.
You know me, I've got to find some way to get a fresh fire.
The guys have told me not to quit my day job.
It's funny how a chubby kid can just be having fun, and people call it entertainment!
I believe in the 'Wal-Mart' school of business. The less people pay, the more they enjoy it.
If God came down here with the box that had the reason for living in it, I'd like to find just 2 words: The Music. That would be neat.
I love being a part of country music. I love going out and... doing things for the first time for country music. I always enjoy that.