Quotes from Walker Hayes

Sometimes when you belt, it kinda makes the song more dramatic than it really needs to be. There are certain songs that you hear, and you're like, 'Wow, he's singing about his girlfriend, but he sounds kinda mad the way he's yelling, 'You're so pretty!''

'Check Yes Or No' is a song that I reference in ''90s Country.' George Strait had a very crafty lyric: it tells a story then comes back around. Never gets old.

The last thing I want to do is just be another voice on country music radio.

It's cliche, but everybody says, 'We're all one song away,' and it's so true. The difference between me and the guy down the street busking with his guitar case open is just one song.

Somebody told me a long time ago that if everybody loves you, somebody's lying. It is the truest statement you could ever say to somebody.

My music is just about that bounce and getting everybody moving.

Most of the time in Nashville, you're so replaceable. Anybody can get another nice-looking guy to sing a country song.

I'm one of the lucky artists in Nashville that gets to - I know it sounds cliche - but just write from the heart.

My dad was listening to me noodle around on the guitar in the house and sing, and he was like, 'Man, you're funny, and you sound good when you do that. You should do that at a bar.' I had stage fright, so I was like, 'No, Dad. Leave me alone.'

I get off on finding new ways to tell my wife 'I love you.'

I want to be more selfless and look outward.

Kenny Chesney's music cuts. He gets into those massive ballads like 'There Goes My Life' and 'The Good Stuff' and things like that that just crush you, and delivers them so well. Some of that you can't really put your finger on; it's just magic.

I think we all love the music we listened to as kids the most.