Quotes from Morgan Wallen

I feel like I have gotten to know Chicago pretty well, and every time I come here I have a really good response.

I got a call from my manager who told me Diplo was working on a country project. I put my vocal on the songwriting demo and my team sent the song to his team. Evidently they fell in love with it... and the rest is history.

I don't want to be New Vocalist of the Year; that's not a goal of mine. If those things come along, that would be awesome, but that's not something I strive for.

My voice is obviously real southern - I automatically lean country.

I can't wait to get over to the U.K. for my first time ever. I've always heard how amazing the fans are over there - looking forward to experiencing it for myself.

I always had a musical bone, I guess if you will.

I had a bowl cut. That was pretty bad. Definitely a bowl cut. And I used to have blond, like really, really, blond hair when I was a kid. So blond bowl cut - that's what I was rocking when I was a little kid.

I really got into Three Doors Down - that's the sound that was out when I was 12 or 13. I really loved Breaking Benjamin and bands like that.

I can speak for everybody in saying we've all been through a breakup to where you didn't want it to be over.

My dad had a guitar that he gave me. I went to Walmart and bought a chord chart and hung it up in my room, and I was just trying to figure out how to play the guitar and put words with what I was learning.

I definitely don't wanna be known as the 'Up Down' guy. I love singing that song, I love that song, but yeah, there's definitely more to me than just a party for sure.

I just want to be able to do it all just because that's what life is.

I didn't grow up being a performer, really. I played baseball.

I didn't want to act like I'm too cool for school or anything like that.

I listened to Country music a little bit, but it didn't enter my life until I started listening to Eric Church.

I feel like that's my foundation and my roots, what I believe in - no matter where life takes me, I'll always be the same guy and same person at heart.

A lot of people say I talk like 'country-gangster' almost. I don't know how that's possible or how that happens, but some people say that.

I took a few months off after my senior year was over, and I prayed and tried to figure out what was my plan and my purpose. That's how I started writing songs and playing guitar just to get my feelings out.

I'm all for a good slow song and I love all different kinds of music.

My 91-year-old great-grandma would get out of her chair and whip me if I start acting like I'm some star or something like that.

I think sometime during the peak of 'Whiskey Glasses' is when I realized: 'Man, this is really starting to happen. People are not not just singing these singles, they're singing every song on my album and really invested in what I'm doing.'

I like whiskey and I like vodka, too. And beer.

I didn't necessarily grow up with country being my first priority as a music listener. I grew up listening to classic rock and Christian music.

I wanted to put a song out there to let people know who I was and, at the same time, help me set apart from a lot of different people in country radio.