Quotes from Kenny Chesney

I love the fact that I can go out there on stage with a guitar and sing a song that means something to somebody.

I feel that energy up there on stage. The band, the crew and our road family - the look in their eyes - they're so happy to be back doing what we love to do.

The thing that I love, especially after sound check, is when I'm in that stadium alone. It's complete silence. I love that.

Things that made me happy five, six years ago don't make me happy anymore.

Before, I was more concerned with getting on the radio, like many young artists.

I've gotten to meet so many people who've inspired me as a human being.

People who can't kiss had everything given to them.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, I'm a helluva kisser.

I like to rock and roll, but I'm a mushy guy, too. I want to be the guy that all the girls love and all the guys want to hang out with.

Believe it or not, I want to keep growing my audience.

it's a smile, it's a kiss, it's a sip of wine ... it's summertime!

You'd think I'd have been happiest in my life playing music in front of 50 000 people at Gillette Stadium. But let me tell you, it's an odd feeling to feel alone in the spotlight.

I want there to be a level of respect between everybody.

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.

Social topics may hit too close to home for people, but then again, if you pull a heartstring, then that's what country music is. It's not just songs about getting drunk and leaving your girl.

I need to recharge creatively, and get off the clock of having to be somewhere just because, and having to keep juggling all these things.

My career was really odd, because I literally had a greatest hits album out and nobody knew who I was. They knew the songs, but they didn't know me.

First and foremost, I consider myself a songwriter.

I realized that I wanted to get better in every way. As a person, as a friend, as a songwriter, as a musician, as an artist, record producer, you name it.

I think there is a part of life that I'm missing.

Nothing positive at all in my life came from my marriage, I can tell you that.

I love living my life in flip-flops. I met a guy in the islands a while ago who told me he hadn't worn a pair of shoes in three years! I thought, 'Man, that's the life!'

I'm like a shark. I've got to be constantly moving.

I was standing onstage last year, and I felt like I wanted to be somewhere else. No matter how many people were out there, it all just felt like a blank sheet of paper.