Brad Paisley Quotes


"If you're really on top, you probably didn't do that great, 'cause you have to water it down a bit for it to get that mass appeal."
- Brad Paisley
(Related: Water)

"In the past, I tried to be more of a typical session guitarist. I wasn't so concerned with impressing anybody."
- Brad Paisley
(Related: Past)

"If I get an idea for a song, I have a melody for it. I'm a musician first. I'm not limited by the fretboard."
- Brad Paisley
(Related: Idea, First, Song)

"If there's a song where there's a possibility of guitar stuff that would be fun to listen to, go for it. Don't worry about what anybody thinks."
- Brad Paisley
(Related: Possibility, Fun, Guitar, Song, Worry)

"It just gets easier in that you become more you in the process."
- Brad Paisley
"The nice thing about the world that I've been able to inhabit for the last couple of years is that I'm given a lot of freedom. Not all artists really get that."
- Brad Paisley
(Related: Artists, Freedom, World, Years)

"When they say you're the best, I always remember that the majority of the audience probably thinks someone else should have gotten the award."
- Brad Paisley
(Related: Majority)

"I've heard my share of Van Halen. I never liked rock."
- Brad Paisley
"With my guys and with the way that we live out there, we work out a lot and try to eat right, but we try to basically keep it our own rhythm and our own world."
- Brad Paisley
(Related: Work, Right, World)

"I go to eat dinner with my folks when I'm home. I think that's the trick."
- Brad Paisley
(Related: Home)

"You look out there and there's people that, their day is changed because of your contribution to it."
- Brad Paisley
(Related: People, Day)

"Guitar playing isn't really for everybody."
- Brad Paisley
(Related: Guitar)

"Willie Nelson, out there 200 days a year, calls his band family. And it is."
- Brad Paisley
(Related: Family)

"I changed my mindset and figured, Why not try to be really entertaining instrumentally?"
- Brad Paisley
"I don't stare at a sheet of paper and try to think of a good word to use. I try to see where the story should go."
- Brad Paisley
(Related: Word)

"Alison Krauss is definitely my favorite singer that's ever lived. I've never heard anyone like her."
- Brad Paisley
(Related: Favorite)

"Anytime you do something from the heart, people just know it."
- Brad Paisley
(Related: People, Heart)

"I like to look at the songs like they're little movies."
- Brad Paisley
(Related: Movies, Songs)

"Even in your darkest moments, you'll think of something that'll crack you up."
- Brad Paisley
(Related: Moments)

"I've been on the road I think probably three years."
- Brad Paisley
(Related: Road, Years)

"Even on the most serious ballads, I'll throw in a tongue-in-cheek remark."
- Brad Paisley
(Related: Ballads, Tongue)

"I imagine there's a market for total depression. I grew up on George Jones and that really dark stuff."
- Brad Paisley
(Related: Depression)

"I love any and all situations where you celebrate creativity."
- Brad Paisley
(Related: Love, Creativity)

"I really worked to try and be creative enough on the guitar parts so those who aren't real educated would know that there was some difficulty in doing it."
- Brad Paisley
(Related: Difficulty, Guitar)

"I'm aware of the fact that a lot of talented people out there will never get this chance."
- Brad Paisley
(Related: People, Chance, Fact, Will)

"I'm sure there are a few things in my CD collection that might surprise people. I like classical music, the blues, and I'm a big fan of alternative rock."
- Brad Paisley
(Related: Music, People)

"As a guitar player, it's harder for me to impress somebody than it is to write a song that they like."
- Brad Paisley
(Related: Guitar, Song)