Quotes from Hank Williams III

I'm a very respectful person.

George Jones, Johnny Paycheck all them dudes they're respected and they were twice as crazy as I'll ever be.

Most radio stations suck as far as playing heavy-metal.

There's a lot of different moods that come across in my shows. Even when I'm playing a slow waltz song, sometimes there's crowd-surfing. Most of the time there's a mosh pit.

He doesn't know how to be warmer. I can't blame him. My dad had to deal with more stuff than I ever did.

We are kind of country, but we do cater to louder kinds of music.

My mom nor my father never pushed me into the music business. I always did it because I wanted to.

The vocals are the very last thing I do. So, it's kinda the opposite: with country. it's singing and guitar first, but with rock, I worry about the riff and music, vocals last.

This is just what I do, play music and create sounds and all that good stuff.

I take pride in the fact that a guy and a gal can come to my show, have a couple of beers and still go home with a little money in their pockets.

I was like, 'I'm never gonna do country, I'm never gonna give in, you'll never see me wear a cowboy hat.'

I'm a musician... not a politician.

The name alone usually attracts about 50 or so curiosity seekers to the show. We know if we're playing the Policeman's Ball or something to have the proper respect, but we like to get rowdy.

I've always had that feeling for the dark side, for the anger and the hate-rock. The music is just the way I deal with it.

You can only be creative so long and then you're just down and out and completely destroyed.

I'm the kind of guy if you ask me a question I'll tell you the truth if it's hurting me or not. If it's good or bad, I'll cut to the chase and that's the way it is.

I never did figure on being a college man.

I always saw myself as a sideman. I figured I'd end up a drummer.

I still believe in hope and that a good song will push itself.

I would definitely pick Flint over Detroit any day.

We're bringing together the country folks and the rockers.

The folks at Curb Records didn't have respect for me and I was there for 15 years.

I always think Hank Williams knew that he was going to die young, and that's why he did that much work.

My country stuff, it might sound like Hank Williams - that's just the way it is. But I'd rather sound like Hank Williams than Trace Atkins.