Quotes from Brantley Gilbert

I don't want to release a CD; I want to release the real deal, so we're just gonna take our time.

The girls from my hometown are so over me.

I was kind of torn between playing music or playing college football. I was going to college and really focusing on my music career.

I tell everybody, 'If you want to get to know me, if you listen to those three records, you'll have a really good idea.' They were released at different time periods in my life, and those are the things I was going through.

Most of my rings are not expensive at all; they're just things that remind me of people that gave 'em to me. And they all have their own stories, their own meanings.

A lot of rap music can get repetitive.

My fiancee's the one that's picture worthy.

When I had my wreck, it really just put everything into perspective and really opened my eyes. I've always been one of those guys that thought 'it will never happen to me.'

I'm honored the folks and Bendon understood why I wanted to work with them and Toys for Tots.

For me, I write some songs that are really important to me, and I've got some feedback where some of them help folks and inspire people.

Don't get me wrong. There's always situations where when it gets bigger than me, it's time to go talk to mama and daddy and God.

I've been in situations before where something was going on, and that's the only way you can kinda cope with it is to write about it.

I just sit down and write the best song for the best moment, and however it comes out, it is what it is.

Some people wear their heart on their sleeve; I do that in more ways than one.

For me, a show's a show. I try to put on the best show I can for whatever audience or time slot I get.

I'm a country guy from a small town, you know, and it comes across as real because it is.

There's no smoke and mirrors here.

Every bit of joy in my heart, you know, every smile on my face is yours. It's awesome to be able to share that with somebody.

When I started doing music full time, I figured out my job wasn't something I needed to be completely sober for.

I think I definitely get my soft side from my mother.

There's a song called 'My Faith' that's kind of my spiritual song on my record. It's a little bit of my softer side of me, comin' out of left field a little bit.

If you're going to go out doing something, you might as well be fighting for your country or fighting for your life.

I try to just encompass the entire feeling and emotion behind the song the best way possible, and if that's 100,000 screaming guitars right in your face, then that's what's going down.

Songwriting has always been close to me.