Click the bullet after each quote to visit the source. One thing I know is that they are not going to be around forever. Any time you can share the stage with them, that’s huge for us. Those are the people that paved the way for us to be here. ● - - Jason Aldean on sharing the stage with Billy Joe Shaver and Willie Nelson... who are, I'm sure, thrilled to have had something to do with a sequence of events culminating in "1994." Garth Brooks is as country as sh*t. Back then it was … [Read more...]

Click the bullet after each quote to visit the source. Nobody has a solo gig in this business. It takes a city to do this. ● - - Kenny Rogers on making it big in Music City. I’m still the same person that I was in middle school when I didn’t get invited to stuff. You just don’t want to go too ahead of yourself and think, ‘Huh. I really killed that. Man, those people – they’re so lucky to be here to see me.’ I was so lucky to be onstage in front of that many people. … [Read more...]

Click the bullet after each quote to visit the source. For two years I said, 'You know,' 35 times in an interview and I had little tics you have to work out. I get on live TV and I look like I'm on a sailboat rocking back and forth. Someone has to come up to me and go, 'Stop doing that. You look like an idiot.' ● - - ACM Awards co-host Luke Bryan on refining his screen presence. Country music has a much younger demographic these days, and younger people are less likely to be prejudiced … [Read more...]

Click the bullet after each quote to visit the source. One of the best songs on my iPod is 'I Drive Your Truck.' I just happened to be driving -- not my truck, but my Prius -- and I heard it, and it's just got so much going for it, including a very strong anti-war message. I love that song. When someone puts that together with the same kind of chords and the same instrumentation and the same words from the English language, but shapes it in a new way, I just love it. ● - - Kevin Bacon says … [Read more...]