I like to fish. I collect pocketknives. I inherited a nice collection from my father and grandfather. Chris Stapleton Read Quote
I get tired of people trying to dog out the radio for not playing this or that. There are lots of people who like what they play – otherwise, they wouldn’t play it. Chris Stapleton Read Quote
I don’t see myself as some kind of fightin’-the-good-fight guy. But I always feel like if you don’t like one kind of music or the other, it’s just not for you. Chris Stapleton Read Quote
I just try to make the best music that I can. People are going to label it whatever they’re going to label it. Chris Stapleton Read Quote
I walked into a demo session one time, and a guy said, ‘I’m thinking kind of like a Trace Adkins thing.’ And I looked him right in the eye and said, ‘Man, you’ve got the wrong guy. I’m gonna have to fire myself. You’ve got to hire somebody else.’ Chris Stapleton Read Quote
We have a history in country music of writing about the darker side of things – maybe not as much in modern times, but there’s a lot of cheating and self-deprecation. We sort it out in song, in country music, as a genre. Chris Stapleton Read Quote
Why would you want to dictate somebody else’s taste or happiness? Music is supposed to be joyful and move people, and however that gets accomplished for different people, it’s all good. Chris Stapleton Read Quote
I love music so much, and I love musicians – I love singers. It’s fun. That’s what music’s supposed to be. Fun. Chris Stapleton Read Quote
I like places that have history in the sense of – you feel responsible to it. Chris Stapleton Read Quote
