#ay

I really like the old stuff that I cut my musical teeth on, and I loved it when the industry was just like that, without really a genre. Today, country radio's more aimed at a demographic than a genre. It just softens everything. ↗

— Gary Allan

#country #cut #demographic #everything #genre

I've always said I've wanted to be around forever. I never wanted to be the latest, greatest thing. I want to be like Willie Nelson - touring when I'm 70. To do that, you can't be the latest, greatest thing because those things fizzle out. ↗

— Gary Allan

#around #because #forever #greatest #greatest thing

I've had fans come and knock on my door. I'm usually polite, but I'm usually very direct and say, 'It's not cool that you come here uninvited.' ↗

— Gary Allan

#cool #direct #door #fans #had

If you date a musician, you're never, ever really gonna be first either. You're gonna be right behind the music and maybe right close. ↗

— Gary Allan

#close #date #either #ever #first

My goal is to hit the gym every day I'm on vacation. Usually I just end up sleeping and drinking beer. ↗

— Gary Allan

#day #drinking #end #every #every day

My whole back's tattooed. I just wanted a twist. I was always in punk bands when I was little... I think that's where the tie comes from. ↗

— Gary Allan

#back #bands #comes #i #i think

When all your stuff gets smashed, everybody gives you new stuff. And when you've been playing the same guitar since you were like 12, that's a lot like dancing with somebody else's wife. ↗

— Gary Allan

#dancing #else #everybody #gets #gives

Studying literature at Harvard is like learning about women at the Mayo clinic. ↗

— Roy Blount, Jr.

#clinic #harvard #learning #like #literature

The radio for these women is like television is for us today, which is really like looking at the radio. ↗

— Debbie Allen

#looking #radio #really #television #these

I'll pray that you grow up a brave man in a brave country. I will pray you find a way to be useful. I'll pray, and then I'll sleep. ↗

— Marilynne Robinson

#brave #courage #fortitude #god #grace