Anybody who has ever played in bars has played ‘Keep Your Hands to Yourself.’ It’s a monumental piece of rock & roll. It makes you feel exactly like rock & roll is supposed to make you feel. Chris Stapleton Read Quote
I grew up less than a mile from folks that lived in shacks with dirt floors. I certainly know that there are needs in this country. Not too far from your house, if you look around, people need to be helped. Chris Stapleton Read Quote
My wife has great taste in everything but men. The vast majority of the songs on my debut album, ‘Traveller,’ came from lists she made. Chris Stapleton Read Quote
When you’re writing with an artist or for an artist, you have to help them serve their vision. That’s the cool part about writing songs. There are no rules. Chris Stapleton Read Quote
I am always interested in making myself as uncomfortable as I can. Sometimes I ask myself, ‘Can I stand onstage and sing this song and sell it?’ Sometimes I can’t. In a room, you get to pretend a little bit and step outside of yourself. Chris Stapleton Read Quote
Great musicians are great musicians, whether they’re playing a trombone or an electric guitar or a xylophone. Chris Stapleton Read Quote
The show isn’t about screens, and we don’t have any video content or lasers or things blowing up. I want people to come to our show to listen. I want the show to be the music. Chris Stapleton Read Quote
I didn’t know they would pay you money to sit in a room and write songs for other people. I always thought that George Strait was singing a song, he made it up, and that was the end of it. But the instant I found that out, that that could be a job, I thought, ‘That’s the job for me. I gotta figure out how to do that.’ Chris Stapleton Read Quote
I always like to write the songs, and they get turned loose into the world, and who knows what happens to them. That’s the joy of being a songwriter. You get to hear what other people do, interpretation-wise. Chris Stapleton Read Quote
I always feel that if you’re going to cover a song, you should make it your own and flip it on its head. Chris Stapleton Read Quote
