Quotes from Hank Williams III

I'm just gonna keep doing what I do, and hopefully not make too many people mad.

My mom was always playing Elvis around the house or ZZ Top, so there was always rock-n-roll and country being played.

Pop country is about being so clean and perfect and not having any rough edges or imperfections. It's all manufactured.

The only person out there worthy of mixing political views and music is Jello Biafra.

I'm not just a country artist. I've got so any sides to me and the music I write.

That's part of it: You can't be a country singer-songwriter if you've never had an official heartbreak.

I know I'm a sinner.

I'm involved with Satanists and activities.

I don't want to have to talk to a lawyer if I want to jam with someone or if I want to sing on someone's album.

I got my first drum kit when I was six years old.

We're kind of like the Kurt Cobain of country music in a way.

It's really tough - if you're on a major label and they want you to have a number one song, you need to do what they say.

It's a great feeling being with a label that respects what I do.

I've got no respect for anyone who tries to take the easy way out.

Minneapolis, in general, has been there with me since the beginning. They made me feel important before I really even had a foundation. I think a lot of it has to do with it's such an intense music city in its own right.

I was always a Pink Floyd fan, and I was always into movie soundtracks.

Politics and music should only mix to a point. Me, I think my job as a musician is to make people try to forget about all that.

When I'm making a record, I'm trying to take people through different moods.

I can't really change Nashville.

I'll tell you, Nashville ruined country music.

I could put in garage doors or work in McDonald's but that's it. So I figured I might as well play the Nashville game.

I chose taking the hard road and creating my own niche and getting my own fan base.

If I was just a country singer, I wouldn't be near as cool and I wouldn't have nowhere near as cool of a fan base.

Over the years, Cajun music has always calmed me down, or if I'm feeling real sick or feeling real unsettled, I can put that music on and try to get focused again.