Quotes from Brad Paisley

It would be neat to sing with Roger Miller.

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.

It's interesting to hear what somebody does when they have no interest in playing by the rules.

I do standup once a year, when I host the CMAs.

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.

Our songs aren't metaphorical, normally: they're literal in their interpretation.

I tended to lean towards the guys who both sang and played, such as Ricky Skaggs, Vince Gill, Steve Wariner... And at the other end of the spectrum, I had Eric Clapton in a rock and blues sense, jazz guys such as Tal Farlow and Les Paul... Then Chet Atkins-type stuff.

The artists who stick around for a while are the ones who go, 'Oh, that's cool, never thought of that. Ought to do that.'

If somebody says, 'Do you remember the first time you heard a Rolling Stones song?' if you say you do, you're crazy. You've just always heard them. You might remember the first time it impacted you, but the first time you heard one, you were in a cradle.

I've been ripping the Rolling Stones off with every song I write in some form or another.

The Stones were a big influence on me and the Beatles, obviously.

No one needs to recut 'He Stopped Loving Her Today.'

There's something about being out here on the road that the hours aren't anything like what you're used to when you're at home.

I don't have, you know, an 'overcoming addiction' story, other than the guitar itself, and I haven't overcome that. I don't have a jail time, you know, story, or any arrests.

Someday I'm gonna be famous. Do I have talent, well, no. These days you really don't need it.

Can't wait to date a supermodel, can't wait to sue my Dad. Can't wait to wreck a Ferrari, on the way to rehab.

Jackass millionaires, hey, hey, Hollywood, here we come.

I get to cry to Barbara Walters, when things don't go my way. I'll get community service no matter which laws I break.

I've heard my share of Van Halen. I never liked rock.

A creative space is an important thing. There are so many studios that feel like doctor's offices in Nashville. I couldn't write there.

When you hear a banjo through stutter edit, it's the coolest thing you ever heard.

I try to be careful how much I sing about the suburban house or whatever.

My home town was really great to me. If you've ever watched 'The Andy Griffith Show,' it's like Mayberry.

I'm not answering questions with my songs.