Quotes About Music

In Nashville, good guitar players are a dime a dozen.

I Hope' is the fourth song that I'd ever written in Nashville. I didn't know that it was as special as it was.

Nashville has so many music fans and fans of music are also fans of NASCAR and just the atmosphere here throughout town gives you a good feel.

You don't meet too many actors in Nashville.

I'll tell you, Nashville ruined country music.

I could put in garage doors or work in McDonald's but that's it. So I figured I might as well play the Nashville game.

Be in Nashville if you want to be in country music, because everybody that can help you is here.

Nashville's been like my second home.

My raps be crazy, and my hooks are nasty.

When I started making music, I figured the name Rico Nasty would give a background of who I am.

My favorite song used to be 'The Nasty Song' by this dude named Lil Ru. That was my jam!

You can bring your children and your Grandma to my show. Grandma might have to cover her ears, but it won't be because she'll be hearing anything nasty... just because it'll be loud.

I look up to Tegan & Sara, obviously, Adele and Natalie Maines from the Dixie Chicks. All these artists are strong in their convictions, and they haven't changed who they are for the music business.

Natalie Maines has a voice for the centuries.

I thought, 'Maybe if I become a cheerleader, I can meet managers or agents. Maybe I can sing the national anthem at a game, and someone in the industry will hear me.' I saw everything as an opportunity to further my music. I was literally the cheerleader who had a mixtape in between her pom-poms at events.

Every band wants to be have a song that is that big, that will pretty much live on forever. I don't know too many new bands that will have a 'Free Bird' that will be around 30 years later. It's become a national anthem of sorts.

I grew up in an international school community my whole life, and my national identity is very confused, so I grew up listening to music from all around the world.

The world of classical music is so fascinating. It's a world that encompasses people from everywhere and erases the basic restraints of nationality; everyone is united by this common language of music.

I've always liked country music. It's a certain aspect of America that goes back to the British Isles and the influence is very native to America.

I listen to Robb Bank$, not only because he is a South Florida native, but that's my homeboy. I listen to him frequently.

Think about the number of people who do film music, make records and have a Native American heritage - and I may be the only one on the list.

The music industry is a matrix that is counter to what is natural and right.

Dance kind of was always just a part of my natural state as a child. It's something that, whenever music was playing, I was dancing.

I can't force myself to make up a song. Music comes to me naturally.