Quotes from Sam Hunt

I've always really liked the rhythm element of songs.

I've always craved winning. It's just easier in sports because there's a scoreboard.

I worked at a hospital parking cars and getting folks in and out of the hospital as they would come in for their appointments.

Traditionally, music has been a means of separating ourselves as people from another group of people.

There's such a strong community element in country - it's like a family. So I don't want to do anything that can come off, even if I'm not intentionally doing it, as giving the perception that I'm trying to abandon that family.

A lot of times, songs can blend together on the radio because there's so many great songs out there.

I can't play guitar if I blow my arm out.

I wanted to be a bull rider when I grew up.

I was a big music fan, but I never bought a bunch of records or was very educated, I guess, on who was who or what was what.

I was a product of the relationships with my family, the environment I grew up in; all those things I kind of put on the back burner when I got into music, and my life all changed dramatically.

I don't let many things that are superficial keep me in a box.

New experiences give you new perspectives on life.

I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.

I'm not really a piano player, but I play enough to get away with it.

Picking up a guitar brought a lot of balance into my life.

I don't like the idea that in music, clothes, taste or anything, we are limited to a certain style, because we need to maintain an identity, maybe between some subculture group. Hopefully, all those walls break down, and music is just music.

Obviously, I love country music, so I wanna be able to live in the country music genre and then play to country music fans.

From the pop side, people like Usher, and when they first came out, I listened to guys like K-Ci and JoJo; that '90s R&B thing really caught my ear.

I didn't know what to expect, having not been an artist before. From the outside, you only see romantic snapshots of what seems like a great lifestyle, and it is, but it's also grueling.

I had a couple CDs. But I never had that first concert experience, that first record thing.

I connect music to the emotions that come from relationships, so most of the songs that I write are inspired by those circumstances, emotions, feelings, all that kind of stuff.

There wasn't really a song or artist that made me want to be a singer, I think I was always a fan of country music.

By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.

I get the best inspiration or the most creativity from real emotions.