--- title: "2 Haggard Quotes By Brad Paisley" description: "2 Haggard quotes by Brad Paisley. Plus more from Brad Paisley and more Haggard sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebe/brad-paisley-1920_bucks_you-think-back-to-tele-players-and-james_2742817.jpg" --- > [...you think back to Tele players, and James Burton was the one who started it all. He inspired Roy Nichols (guitar for Merle Haggard & the Strangers), Don Rich (guitar for Buck Owens & the Buckaroos), and guys like that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-paisley/you-think-back-to-tele-players-and-james-burton-was-the-one-who/) [Brad Paisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-paisley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebe/brad-paisley-1920_bucks_you-think-back-to-tele-players-and-james_2742817.jpg) > [I try to write like the writers I admire - I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase... So Im…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-paisley/i-try-to-write-like-the-writers-i-admire-i-rip-them-off-in-form-it/) [Brad Paisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-paisley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ded/brad-paisley-1920_admire_i-try-to-write-like-the-writers-i-admire_2982495.jpg) ## More by Brad Paisley > [You shouldn't listen to my music for political messages.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-paisley/you-shouldn-t-listen-to-my-music-for-political-messages/) [Brad Paisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-paisley/) > [A creative space is an important thing. There are so many studios that feel like doctor's offices in Nashville. I couldn't write there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-paisley/a-creative-space-is-an-important-thing-there-are-so-many-studios-that/) [Brad Paisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-paisley/) > [My life would be very puzzling to most people if they had to follow me around for a day or two. They'd say, 'Wait…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-paisley/my-life-would-be-very-puzzling-to-most-people-if-they-had-to-follow/) [Brad Paisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-paisley/) > [My father's a firefighter. He was my whole life. And my brother-in-law and several family members are firefighters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-paisley/my-father-s-a-firefighter-he-was-my-whole-life-and-my-brother-in-law/) [Brad Paisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-paisley/) > [I can't see this world unless I go/ outside my southern comfort zone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-paisley/i-can-t-see-this-world-unless-i-go-outside-my-southern-comfort-zone/) [Brad Paisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-paisley/) > [I like to look at the songs like they're little movies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-paisley/i-like-to-look-at-the-songs-like-they-re-little-movies/) [Brad Paisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-paisley/) > [When every memory has been made and the pages start to fade. And every prayer you ever prayed is heaven bound. When you think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-paisley/when-every-memory-has-been-made-and-the-pages-start-to-fade-and-every/) [Brad Paisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-paisley/) > [You look out there and there's people that, their day is changed because of your contribution to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-paisley/you-look-out-there-and-there-s-people-that-their-day-is-changed/) [Brad Paisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-paisley/) > [I do standup once a year, when I host the CMAs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-paisley/i-do-standup-once-a-year-when-i-host-the-cmas/) [Brad Paisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-paisley/) > [I go to eat dinner with my folks when I'm home. I think that's the trick.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-paisley/i-go-to-eat-dinner-with-my-folks-when-i-m-home-i-think-that-s-the/) [Brad Paisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-paisley/) > [I can't play a solo without thinking about John Jorgenson. I always think about what he would do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-paisley/i-can-t-play-a-solo-without-thinking-about-john-jorgenson-i-always/) [Brad Paisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-paisley/) > [I like comedy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-paisley/i-like-comedy/) [Brad Paisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-paisley/) > [Pilgrims travel to Jerusalem to see the Holy Land, and the foundations of their faith. People go to Washington, D.C. to see the workings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-paisley/pilgrims-travel-to-jerusalem-to-see-the-holy-land-and-the-foundations/) [Brad Paisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-paisley/) > [Date night is important, even if it's going to Schlotzsky's.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-paisley/date-night-is-important-even-if-it-s-going-to-schlotzsky-s/) [Brad Paisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-paisley/) > [I love being an enigma. Every time I'm tempted to respond to someone who tries to put me in a box, politically - you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-paisley/i-love-being-an-enigma-every-time-i-m-tempted-to-respond-to-someone/) [Brad Paisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-paisley/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/haggard/brad-paisley/#itemlist", "name": "2 Haggard Quotes By Brad Paisley", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "...you think back to Tele players, and James Burton was the one who started it all. He inspired Roy Nichols (guitar for Merle Haggard & the Strangers), Don Rich (guitar for Buck Owens & the Buckaroos), and guys like that to push the envelope and expand on that sound... 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