I was writing waltzes at a time when the most popular thing was Shania Twain and the very pop edge of country.… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share Image
I don't ever view myself as a straight country act, and I don't think the straight country acts view me as a… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share Image
A lot of great bluegrass comes out of Kentucky. There's a lot of great music, like the Judds, Billy Ray Cyrus, Ricky… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share Image
Anyone who says it's so easy to write a country hit and that it's just a formula - well, try it sometime.… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share Image
I grew up less than a mile from folks that lived in shacks with dirt floors. I certainly know that there are… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share Image
I don't know that my voice ever makes sense anywhere, necessarily. I would sing bluegrass music, and I don't fit in there;… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share Image
Whether you like modern incarnations of what country radio hits are, or you like what I'm doing, or you like something really… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share Image
My earliest memories of music are probably my dad listening to a bunch of outlaw country, but also old R&B and Ray… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share Image
My dad could hold a tune. He wasn't necessarily a singer, but he did love music, and he listened to it quite loud in… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share
Among my dad's generation, when you gave another man a pocketknife as a gift, it was a show of respect. I'll still give someone… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share
I get tired of people trying to dog out the radio for not playing this or that. There are lots of people who like… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share
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… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share
I didn't have any expectations with 'Traveller' - I don't think anybody did. That's how I prefer the process to be. — Chris Stapleton Copy Share
The curse of being a songwriter is that's you're always at work. I could look out the window right now and see something that… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share
It's man's work. My dad was gone at 4:30 in the morning and home at 8 at night, and he worked underground, and the… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share
College didn't stick, so I worked odd jobs, but I've always written songs and played music. I actually met a guy who was a… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share
I like more of the club mentality, where we're playing, and if we feel like we want to play a cover, we'll switch to… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share
I'm not going to ask musicians to sit there and pretend to play. It feels insulting to the musicians to me. — Chris Stapleton Copy Share
For me, the more time you can take and the more care you can take with songs, the better off you're going to be. — Chris Stapleton Copy Share
I like the old days when, if I wrote a song and I recorded it, it didn't mean somebody else couldn't record it. — Chris Stapleton Copy Share
I moved to Nashville to be a songwriter. I found out that was a job, that someone would pay you to sit in a… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share
A lot of great bluegrass comes out of Kentucky. There's a lot of great music, like the Judds, Billy Ray Cyrus, Ricky Skaggs, and… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share
My earliest memories of music are probably my dad listening to a bunch of outlaw country, but also old R&B and Ray Charles, Aretha… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share
