Hank Williams III
Man, I live out 90 percent of my songs and the other 10 percent... once in a while, I'll put myself in someone else's shoes and try to go down that road.
Energy wise, playing the drums was a lot of fun; I just felt like it was a natural fit for me.
If I was just a country singer, I wouldn't be near as cool and I wouldn't have nowhere near as cool of a fan base.
I take pride in the fact that a guy and a gal can come to my show, have a couple of beers and still go home with a little money in their pockets.
I am from a rebel blood line.
I write about the dark and the happy.
We are kind of country, but we do cater to louder kinds of music.
Mike Patton is my mentor, and he releases two to five records a year with many different bands, and he gets stuff done.
If you look at how much Hank Williams did by 29 years old, it makes you feel pretty worthless.
I'll never outdo Hank Williams. That's impossible.
Maybe one day the old guys will die off and things will change, 'cuz it's officially getting scary over here in America.Collection: America
One of the reasons I sing so much about smoking or drinking isn't about the addiction, but more so that I'm trying to let people have a good time at my shows and forget their problems. Relax and enjoy. There's not certain religions or politics sold on them. Just come out, have a beer, have a laugh, good energy from stage and have a good time.Collection: Drinking
And I flirted with the devil and he dealt me a card. He told me that you will never win. So I sold my soul to the devil. I never thought it could be this bad. And I got the devil takin' me awayCollection: Winning
Every year is different. I'm not getting any younger trying to keep it going. It's always a challenge. It's like a boxer going into a ring. You never can tell what's going to work and what's not going to work until you're in action and everything is going on around you. It's very intense and always a challenge and always a thrill.Collection: Years
Balance is always tough with the kind of shows and my work ethic and all of that, but that definitely helps me do what I do in the big picture.Collection: Work Ethic
The best pay off in the world is when someone comes up to you and says, 'your music has helped me with some pretty rough times through life. I don't know if I would still be here if it was for your music whether it be country music or heavy metal has done for me.' That's ultimately the biggest payoff for me. I hear it from young kids to military guys and military women to older folks.Collection: Country
It's a lot harder to keep your cool than it is to lose it. That's on any work ethic. Even if you're a big producer on a movie set, or whatever, it's a lot harder to be a pro than be a baby on your crew. That's one work ethic to keep in mind, as one bad apple could give five people a bad day, when that one person could've stepped up their own efforts a little more and not bring anyone else down.Collection: Baby
If I'm playing country, I gotta have my country hat and my cowboy boots. I gotta have a voice, and the third thing, I gotta have I guess a little music to keep me in the right mind, a little pre-show something to get ya going. Lots of AC/DC, or I'll sit on youtube and find all kinds of stuff before we take the stage to get pumped up.Collection: Country
My mom nor my father never pushed me into the music business. I always did it because I wanted to.Collection: Mom
Not everybody is going to like what I do or get what I do. With as much positive, you always get the negative to deal with. I get that as well. Most of the time, I'm very honored to have a fan base that they react to my songs. My songs speak to a lot of them.Collection: Song
I have a love of gear and pedals, from old pedals to new ones with new sounds. If I get depressed, I start looking for a certain type of pedal, learn the history, who and what it was made for, that kinda thing.Collection: Sound
I've never gone to school for recording. I wish I understood it more. School's been hard, learning things has been hard, because of the A.D.H.D., or dyslexia, or whatever you want to call it, but I know how to come up with stuff to bring it together.Collection: School
I always wanted to have my own farm. I've never been able to achieve that. It's kinda tough.Collection: Able
I would have to go back to being a dog. I've called myself a dog for many years.Collection: Dog
A one-night stand that waited three years to tell me I had a son. I needed cash flow fast, It was time to get into the business.Collection: Son
The name alone usually attracts about 50 or so curiosity seekers to the show. We know if we're playing the Policeman's Ball or something to have the proper respect, but we like to get rowdy.Collection: Names
I've never left for New York. I've stood my ground here my whole career and hopefully will be able to until the day that I die.Collection: New York
The vocals are the very last thing I do. So, it's kinda the opposite: with country. it's singing and guitar first, but with rock, I worry about the riff and music, vocals last.Collection: Country
In a way, being raised on the farm and doing chores and stuff it's a natural thing for me to want to work outside. It's almost kind of like a rehabilitation for me with doing that.Collection: Work Out
Animals have always been therapeutic for me to work with; they help me get me grounded from being on the road.Collection: Animal
The rush of creating sounds and mixing sounds is always an interesting challenge, especially for someone like me, who doesn't know about sound.Collection: Creating