In the back of my mind, I want it to do well, but at the end of the day I literally just got down on my knees and prayed - "However you want this thing to go lord, let it… — Cody Johnson Copy Share Image
When your songs are like your babies, even the one that you know aren't great, you still love. — Cody Johnson Copy Share Image
I'd love to do a live record, I'd love to do an acoustic record, I'm already thinking about what I may want to do… — Cody Johnson Copy Share Image
When you're in a room with a guy who has a vision like that, it's just one of those things where you close your eyes and just see that vision - then you just go with it. The guys that I write with are so incredible, just like my producer Trent Willmon, those guys know how to bring things out… — Cody Johnson Copy Share
There's that area, right there, where you can be too hard on yourself or you need to be really hard on yourself - I'm trying to ride that line by telling myself that I can always write better, sing better, what can we do to make the show more interesting? Pretend that you're the guy who's been in the front… — Cody Johnson Copy Share
Once we get out on the road, my tour manager who is also my guitar player does a great job of taking weight off of my shoulders where I can just focus on playing the shows.About two hours before every show, the pacing starts and the anticipation builds. I prepare for it just like I would when I used ride… — Cody Johnson Copy Share
I don't like reality TV as far as it being scripted and not being true reality. — Cody Johnson Copy Share Image
I think everything moving forward will just be instinctual, like we'll know exactly which doors to walk through when they open. — Cody Johnson Copy Share Image
I think my brand of country music is that's been influenced by not just the rough-stock rodeo side or Ted Nugent's "let's get crazy… — Cody Johnson Copy Share Image
Without changing my style and who I am, they [Trent Willmon and Dan Couch and Dale Oliver ] know how to draw those things… — Cody Johnson Copy Share Image
As far as the persona, I'm true to myself. Not because I'm arrogant, but I'm true to myself because I believe that you have to stand for something. When you start sacrificing that, even if it's just a line in a song or something you say on the mic at a show, or the way you treat someone when you… — Cody Johnson Copy Share
I don't know about one moment that has pivoted my career. I do know that one thing that hit me and made me take… — Cody Johnson Copy Share Image
The people that have looked out for me and helped to steer me in the right direction, I just can't thank them enough. So, the drive, a lot of times it just comes down to looking around at the people who love and believe in you and realizing that you owe it to them. Even if I have a bad… — Cody Johnson Copy Share
![“Without changing my style and who I am, they [Trent Willmon and Dan Couch and Dale Oliver ] know how to draw those things out of me. It was a really cool experience on this record, because I tried really hard on the writing to make sure that I wasn't just writing it just like I wanted to.” quote by Cody Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f6e/cody-johnson-15676_couches_without-changing-my-style-and-who-i-am-t_919541.jpg)
