Quotes from Kenny Chesney

Being famous is uncomfortable because I grew up very simply. Everything revolved around friends, family, church and sports.

We leaned on family, church, school, friends and sports. That's basically all we had. All those things really shaped my life and shaped me musically. It's why I write the way I do.

I'm pretty firm in my sexuality and my love for women.

I grew up in east Tennessee, and everybody knew everybody's business.

I'm a big sports history buff. I love sports.

In 21 years there are a lot of ups and downs. There are melancholy times. There are sad times. There are happy times. There are unsure times. There are life lessons.

I needed to be pushed as an artist and as a person.

There were [in 21] all those times in my life that I didn't know this was going to happen. I didn't know if anybody was going to care about our music.

Growing up too fast and I do recall, Wishin' time would stop right in it's tracks.

When old Bobby does Elvis, you swear it's the real mccoy. Another Friday night in the life of a country boy.

I want to spend more time with my family.

It's not just in my industry... everything is so sensationalized that there's not a lot of heart and soul in a lot of things there used to be heart and soul in.

When I was playing for tips in college, I felt a fire in my soul. I had the same principle of focus that I had learned playing football.

I'm what I am and I'm what I'm not. And I'm sure happy with what I've got. I live to love and laugh a lot. And that's all I need.

I live to love and laugh a lot and that's all I need

Live a little, love a lot.

When I'm a ship tossed around on the waves, Up on a highwire that's ready to break. When I've had just about all I can take, baby you save me

My fans reflect who I am.

It's very hard for me to relax.

My mind is constantly going. For me to completely relax, I gotta get rid of my cell phone.

I'm a loving drunk. I get sentimental. "I love you guys." I drunk-dial a lot.

In all the years that I've been doing this, I've never launched a tour and launched an album at basically the same time. Doing one of those things is enough!

I'm so hands-on, from the color of my tour bus to what I eat for dinner at 5 or the way the lights are hung.

It sounds like a cliche, but it... you do sing about what you know about. And I grew up in a small town, and I grew up in a place where your whole world revolved around friends, family, school, and church, and sports.