Quotes from Vince Gill

Well I think in all the thirty years I've been doing this now and being gone from home and all that stuff it's really, it's not about what I've achieved and if I've become a better player, or played better ten years ago than I do today.

I'm the guy who loves being in the supporting cast.

I can sit and analyze everything and beat myself up and say you don't quite sing as good as you used to, you're writing better songs maybe than you used to, but to me it's just the journey.

My mom said, "What I want is a happy kid, not a rich kid. That's what I root for." She saw how much joy I got from playing music, and those years were leaner than lean!

At the end of the day, all people want to do is hear a great singer sing a great song. They don't care about what vocal changes it went through. You can't screw up a great song and a great singer.

Whether I'm making my own record, or playing a guitar part, I want what I do to have an impact.

I formally proposed. I'm a good Southern gentleman.

Whether it is successful or not is not the exercise for me. It is not up to me. It is out of my hands now. I am not going to in two years have hindsight and say I made a big mistake.

But you know the thing that I thing oftentimes gets ignored and neglected is there was 10 or 12 years of life before I met Amy and before she met me, where you know, whatever happened was probably going to happen some day.

I am not struggling. What I do, it is what I do.

I've always been more drawn to being normal than being famous.

I do not like being famous. I like being normal.

Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.

I've always been more drawn to being normal than being famous.

I had just lost my dad and I remembered all the songs we used to go and hear at concerts, and the records around the house and sometimes we'd play together.

Yes, the companionship is amazing. You know, you can get that physical attraction that happens is great, but then there's an awful lot of time and the rest of the day that you have to fill.

The real amazing thing about all of this is I think I've maintained the mentality of a musician throughout it all, which I'm proudest of. And I'm still playing on people's records and singing on people's records.

The real beauty of it - key to my life was playing key chords on a banjo. For somebody else it may be a golf club that mom and dad put in their hands or a baseball or ballet lessons. Real gift to give to me and put it in writing.

Success is always temporary. When all is said and done, the only thing you'll have left is your character.

Through music you learn not to care about the color of someone's skin.

Music is the place where democracy lives. Every note is equal.

I do not like being famous. I like being normal.

There ain't no future in the past.