The first country song I ever heard was Tim McGraw's 'Don't Take the Girl.' — Brett Young Country Copy Share Image
In Nashville, everybody just wants to write the best songs. So it's a very inviting songwriting community. — Brett Young Copy Share Image
It's always helpful to put things down on paper. That's why I started writing. — Brett Young Copy Share Image
'In Case You Didn't Know' was written in Mexico, actually, on a songwriter's retreat. — Brett Young Copy Share Image
I was writing and playing in California for 11 years before I moved to Nashville. — Brett Young Copy Share Image
Californian artists are kind of willing to push the limits a little bit further just because that's kind of our mentality in… — Brett Young Art Copy Share Image
I turned on 'One Tree Hill,' heard the opening song, and went, 'I got to know whose voice that is.' — Brett Young Copy Share Image
There's room for everybody to have success, but the moment I start slacking is the moment people will forget about me. — Brett Young Copy Share Image
I'm still obsessed with the beach whenever I'm home; when I'm on the beach, it feels like home to me. — Brett Young Beach Copy Share Image
Country music isn't about being better than the guy next to you - it's just making sure that you keep working hard… — Brett Young Country Copy Share Image
I knew I would always be an artist, but when you move to Nashville, this is a writer's town. I moved here… — Brett Young Art Copy Share Image
If I want people to connect to my words and my stories, I need to tell them where they came from. Because… — Brett Young Copy Share Image
The power of a label and radio and a booking agency and all that - you never know until you experience it… — Brett Young Books Copy Share Image
The fact of the matter is, if music is something that you want to do, you need to stick with it with… — Brett Young Copy Share Image
While I don't feel like I'm an evangelist, country music is about to give me a platform, and so keeping it topically… — Brett Young Country Copy Share Image
I don't really see why some of those topical lines have to be crossed to get a point across. I want a… — Brett Young Children Copy Share Image
I moved to Nashville with the same kind of mindset that I had in L.A., and that is to make sure you… — Brett Young Country Copy Share Image
My parents' example of a loving, caring relationship, I think, has affected my songwriting a ton and allowed me to start writing… — Brett Young Caring Copy Share Image
When it's your words, and then you watch it connect with an audience as the artist, I kinda reflect back on the… — Brett Young Art Copy Share Image
There's a fundamental difference between how often men remember to say 'I love you' and how often women want to hear 'I… — Brett Young Love Copy Share Image
We've gotten to play shows where I'm the headliner, so people are buying tickets to come see me, and that's when you… — Brett Young Copy Share Image
It's funny how God will change your plans for you when he's ready. — Brett Young Change Copy Share Image
It is such a crazy idea that maybe something that I wrote or something that I put on a record would affect… — Brett Young Copy Share Image
It might be a little embarrassing, but I never ever missed an episode of 'Dawson's Creek' growing up. — Brett Young Dawson Copy Share Image
I don't know what it is in me that refuses to quit, but I think it's kind of like, dare to dream. — Brett Young Copy Share Image
I've never seen my dad come home from work and not walk straight to my mom and ask her about her day. — Brett Young Copy Share Image
I surfed until I was 18, and being the athlete that I am, I got really frustrated with how I wasn't really… — Brett Young Being Copy Share Image
I always say, 'If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans.' I couldn't be happier with where I ended… — Brett Young Copy Share Image
