Quotes from Luke Bryan

I've always enjoyed things going at a nice pace, nothing too fast, nothing too crazy.

Probably fishing is my first passion.

When you get performance slots for award shows - that's a big deal for me.

If I wake up one day and people tell me I'm not sexy, I'm not going to stop making good music and having fun. That 'sex symbol' thing is typically part of being in the limelight. You better be very talented in your music, but it's good to be nice to look at, I guess.

'Tailgate Blues' is kind of a lyrical masterpiece of a country song.

A big part of country music is a way of life, at least from my standpoint. That's how I craft my music from my own life experiences.

It's pretty cool to see how far music can take you.

My focus is trying to make great music and putting on great shows, and whatever happens beyond that is a bonus to me.

Every day I wake up and I lay in bed counting my blessings and saying my prayers for how fortunate I am to have great fans and health and family.

Anytime I sing the anthem, it is an honor and my heart beats out of my chest.

I always look back to awards shows and think about being a kid watching them.

I want to be comfortable on TV. If I'm comfortable, they're comfortable watching me. I think nothing's more icky than watching icky on TV.

It's kind of like a college degree... when you get one, no one can take it from you. When you get to say for the rest of your life that you've got a platinum album, that really means something.

If there are people out by the bus, I'll come off the bus and sign autographs, too. I always want to be accessible. I always tell my fans, 'If I ever get on the bus and don't come off, it's because I'm under the weather or I'm really tired.'

I used to work at my dad's peanut mill, and worked 15 hours a day, 6 days a week. So, now, riding around on a nice tour bus and doing shows, you'd have to get picky to have a downside.

Our crew guys, it's amazing what they have to go through to make a show happen every night.

You get weird, funny requests on Twitter. With our fan club, I was seeing a lot of fans were having some issue with the way the fan club tickets were being handled in one of the shows. So I was able to correspond with that fan, and be like, 'Listen, we'll be on it.'

I try to be a good representative for country music. But as a country artist, it's important to move the needle and make a difference beyond your core audience. But you can't ever strategically try to accomplish that; then things get weird.

You know, if Kelly Clarkson wants to do country albums because that's what inspires her, then let her do it. Look at Kanye West or Ludacris... they aren't rappin' and cussin' like they were on their first few albums, so what does that make them? It's all in the eye of the beholder and the listener. We all use our outlet to grow ourself.

I would like to be a heart surgeon or brain surgeon... something with that knowledge and the ability to save a life would be pretty cool. I wasn't that good in science class, though.

Life's up and down from the time you get here to the time you leave.

I'm a really, really optimistic and really, really positive person. My main thing is, 'Enjoy life. Celebrate life.'

I don't keep diaries anymore; They're quite incriminating. I just keep all the dirt road diaries in my head.

Anytime you have a fellow artist say, 'Loving the new Luke Bryan album,' that's awesome.