Quotes from Brantley Gilbert

Looking back, we had the hard time, but the privilege, of actually coming up playing biker bars and little bitty college bars.

I don't write anything that I hadn't experienced or hadn't been through.

I'm not too good at being fake or being somebody else.

My life is like a Harley Ride. When I'm on my bike that's really one of the places I feel completely at home.

I'm not real good at surfing, and I'm terrified of sharks. That's, like, one of my main fears. Snakes, sharks, deep water, and commitment. I think those are my four big ones.

I got several litmus tests for songs, but usually the people at the publishing company... they're straight-shooters.

When people ask me why are you singing a drinking song if you don't drink anymore, because when I did drink I drank enough to sing drinking songs for the rest of my life!

Every place you go to, they have their own little flair.

I don't worry about running myself ragged. I worry about being bored.

I don't need anything to have a good time or be a hell-raiser. I was born one.

I've kind of got a rebellious bone. I think I came out of the womb like that.

Songwriting is therapeutic for me.

I don't sit down to write a country song. I don't sit down to write a rap song. I just sit down to write a song, you know what I mean? And I try to make that song the best it can be.

When it came to rock, I was always drawn to guitars.

I wanted to go where the people work hard, throw down, and really needed the party... Saginaw is all that and then some. I looked in those faces - and I knew, these people mean business.

A friend is someone who supports you. And these people are buying tickets at outrageous ticket prices. If that ain't support, I don't know what is.

My police record says I went to Panama City, but I don't recall it.

If I'm ever having a good time, I'll write about it so I'll remember it.

Fame and money and all that - you hear people say it a lot, but they don't mean a thing to me.

I've always been that way where, if something doesn't work out the first time, I won't try to beat a dead horse.

I'll flip a stupid tire. But I ain't running.

It's been cool to catch up, but I think I'm done with my exes. To be honest, I went out with flying colors on the majority of them.

If I read a script in the future that I feel like I could have a little fun with or that reflects me well, it may be one of those things that I try out. But, of course, music's my number one priority.

We try to put on the same show regardless of what stage or platform we're on.