Quotes About Music

I didn't start out to be a country singer. It just happened that way.

I have always wanted to be a country singer.

But I think it's hard for me to only put out one record a year. Because I get too antsy. But it's good I'm learning to do that, because each record counts. And you should make it count.

We did like 12 shows, then we did the entire Ozzfest with the first half completely booked; then we did the second half with a couple days off here and there.

As a person life has always been a bit of a challenge for me and I have spent so much of my early years in fear and I think that making music makes me want to be more courageous.

I think 'Roots' is a courageous record with some really cool stuff in it.

My whole relationship with Bowie started when I was 13, and I bought a copy of 'Aladdin Sane' when I didn't have a record player. I had this record for a year before I could play it, and it was the image - not the sound - that I was attracted to. I just saw this image and thought he was my cousin.

Me and my little cousin DJ John John, we used to always be DJing in the house. We never took it seriously.

Like, back in Albania, all my cousins sing, they play the drums, they play guitar, it's like... a thing!

There are so many songs out there in the world that - if I know we have to come up with a new cover, then I'll just sit in my room and sing song after song and figure out which one I can kind of sing the best.

When we cover a Chainsmokers song in our live show with ZBB, people are dancing and going crazy.

There's some songs you can cover, and I've covered and butchered a few, but you can't do them all.

Most drummers are covered with a million drums, and everyone is like, 'What are you doing back there?'

It's pretty crazy the amount of people that have covered my songs.

It is a pleasure for me when 'Rise,' which many people loved, was covered by a famous group like IZ'ONE.

I remember starting out and covering songs.

I get a lot of joy out of covering other people's songs, and, at my best, I think I bring something a little new to a lot of them.

Pantera is the only band I've ever been in, and at the start we used to play covers to make a living.

I have always wanted to do a Christmas album and covers.

One of my favorite album covers is Miguel's 'Wildheart.'

I wanted to write songs that were as good as the covers.

And this one I wanted to do some covers. So I just really sang some of my favorite songs.

Nobody considers a covers record an album.

Covers are always so fun to do, but there's nothing like telling your own story.