Quotes from Brad Paisley

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.

I don't want to do risky. I want to do important. And lovable. Important and lovable.

I listen to the same things that a lot of my fans do, and I grew up in much the same way they're growing up.

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.

I still consider myself working in Nashville. I visit Hollywood.

Here's the problem with talking about who I voted for. If I say I voted for Romney, then everybody's like, 'Of course.' If I say I voted for Obama, everybody's like, 'Of course.' And then I'm no longer the guy you can't figure out.

When you see Obama and Trump shake hands and seem to show respect to one another - that is what we need.

I defuse everything I can with it. Humor is such a great shield.

I don't like to look back. I love the next challenge and don't keep awards. There are a few that are really important, but my parents have most of them.

I like Katy Perry. I like Kesha.

When you're old-fashioned like I am, you know marriage is forever. Those vows are a promise.

I love the Smothers Brothers.

I have two little boys, and I want them to feel like this is the nation that I know. That this is the nation that isn't petty.

I love being an enigma. Every time I'm tempted to respond to someone who tries to put me in a box, politically - you know, someone who gets on the Internet and says, you're pro-gun, or you're anti-gun - I stop and say to myself, 'This is great; this is what I wanted. I wanted to be the guy you can't figure out.'

I still cherish relationships that I made early on as much as anything in my life.

Surprise is important. I think that's the essence of entertainment, really.

When a single mom goes out on a date with somebody new. It always winds up feeling more like a job interview.

Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.

Country music has become the music that best represents the reality of American life.

This is real, this is your life in a song...this is country music.

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.

... there are a lot of shredders in country music - Redd Volkaert, Brent Mason, Dan Huff .. and guys like that

She's not perfect, but she tries so hard for me. And I thank God, that she isn't, cause how boring that would be.

When I got married, I hired a great choir - the St. James Choir, an all-black gospel choir - to sing at my wedding.