We were derided as a boy band, with pop music and not really country. — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
We write songs that hit different people at different ages where they live. — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
I love making records. That's my favorite part of the whole process. And I love playing live, but certainly getting the music… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
We cut songs that touch us because if they don't touch us first, there's no way in the world we're going to… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
People would say, 'Why are you guys in country music? You look like you're in the Backstreet Boys.' We took so much… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
Constantly writing with new people is important. Also, listening to new music that's popular and that's making a splash - that's how… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
My mom was a singer, and my dad had been playing in bands with my mom's brother. My dad married my mom,… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
When you get new people around you, the excitement is new because they have different take on your music. They play it… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
I grew up in the church and loved contemporary Christian music. I go back to the early days of when it first… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
It caught us by surprise when people started calling us a boy band because we'd always considered ourselves pretty serious musicians. — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
It's hard to get to the point where you feel motivated and energized to go back in and create new music when… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
A lot of people still don't realize that, before Rascal Flatts, I was in a Christian band for four or five years,… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
What an incredible honor for us to share the stage with real life rock n' roll icons, the Rolling Stones. There are… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
I want to be a part of bringing more visibility to the Christian music genre and give it some platforms that it… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
When you first start out in the music business and hope that you have a couple hits, the ultimate payoff is to… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
Christian music was such a huge foundation for me, even as a kid, and I grew to love Christian music not only… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
My mother and father are big musical heroes of mine. I think it was because it was the first memories that I… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
After 15 years of singing the same 12 to 15 songs every night, it can become monotonous. — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
I guess, somewhere along the line, when we first came out, somebody thought it was a crime to be young and not… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
It's such a wonderful thing for me to be able to be in there and make music with people that I love,… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
I'm surprised at the loyalty of the country music fan. People that started out with us at 'Prayin' for Daylight' still come… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
I am living proof - and I know this for a fact - that you can find encouragement and strength through the… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
It's no secret that anybody who knows the music business knows that the numbers are substantially different in Christian music than they… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
I think that anybody can go home, put the record on, and listen to it note for note, but there's very little… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
I'm not really concerned so much with the industry, except in country music, as long as our fans keep coming to the… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
We were so influenced not only by country music but by the rock bands of the '80s. Our focus was to bring… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
That's what Joe Don Rooney and I do. He plays guitar and I play bass - and there's no reason to call it a… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
We started out as a bar band. We were sometimes playing in front of 20 people. — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
Some of my biggest commercial musical influences would be people like Merle Haggard, George Jones, of course, Johnny Cash. People that wrote and sang… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
My beliefs and my faith are part of who I am, and I'm so grateful that I had the foundation laid early on. My… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
It was such a whirlwind for us for about three to four years there that, every time we turned around, we were pulled in… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
I've been really, really fortunate to have a mother that has spent many, many long hours on her knees praying for me. And I… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
We've always prided ourselves on putting together a great live show. That's something that means a lot to us because our bread and butter… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
I remember as a little kid watching the Opry from the nosebleeds, so to stand onstage and be invited to be a member was… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
Constantly writing with new people is important. Also, listening to new music that's popular and that's making a splash - that's how I get… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
I remember when 'I'm Moving On' came out, and we got the response we did, I thought, 'Man, this could be for real.' That… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
I was an '80s child, so I grew up loving all kinds of '80s rock. I like R&B, too. — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
