Musician Quotes

I never really am in awe of people because we are just equal at the end of the day.

I kind of consider myself a chameleon in music. I love all sorts of music.

I freak out if I go a little too long without being in the gym. For a long time it was all about getting the weight off because I was 240 pounds at my heaviest, and now I'm around 175, so the majority of that weight loss was due to diet and exercise.

I don't want to die.

I can be shy when I talk to women. I'm a shy dude.

One of the most important things that I did to turn my life around was to realize and to accept that from this minute, that's all we have. Everything that happened behind us we cannot change so you might as well look to the future.

It's kind of weird, because I look at myself as just a normal person. My friends get rejected all the time, so why shouldn't I? I don't think I'm anything special.

Fame is a lot of pressure, especially when you're responsible for your entire family. Financially, emotionally - everything.

As long as you're having fun and still doing stuff, it doesn't matter what other people think.

I'm trying to make myself better. But I don't regret anything that I've gone through, because it makes me who I am.

I don't believe in being mean to anyone. I'm a really peaceful person. That's something I get from my family.

Live life to the fullest, for the future is scarce.

As long as you know, within yourself, that you're no better than anyone else out there, you're OK.

We didn't have any instruments, so I had to use my guitar.

Every dog has his day, unless he loses his tail, then he has a weak-end.

Yes, we do mimic our parents in a lot of ways.

There's a lot of freedom for me living in L.A.

The songs come from a vulnerable place, but expressing that part of yourself can also make you feel fearless.

Our live show is a definite experience, since it's an extension of my albums.

Once you get away from where you're from, you look at it in a different way.

Nashville has a formula, and it works a lot of the time, but it wasn't right for me. They're afraid to step outside the box - even though, with me, my success came because I was outside of the box to begin with.

My relationship with Music Row has always been, from my end, optimistic and hopeful that there is more than one way to approach the writing, recording, and marketing of an album.

My father, Fred Carter, Jr., is definitely an extraordinaire.

It's my sick fantasy to be a Cosmo cover.

I've been in LA for 5 years now, and it's been very freeing creatively.

I'm sure every song has some kind of undertone of what I was going through with Chris. It was my life.

I'm a big fan of '70s records where artists could draw on whatever influences they wanted.

I was in relationship with a guy who was much older than me - either he was past his prime and I was coming into mine. There was nothing I could do to keep his attention.

I wanted this album to sound like a big crocheted blanket - to be warm yet to have a lot of space.

I toured in Europe first, before I did any touring in the U.S. It was with Jimmy Nail and others.