When you're writing with an artist or for an artist, you have to help them serve their vision. That's the cool part… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share Image
I don't try to approach things any differently, songwriting-wise, regardless of what I'm doing. I try to write whatever the best thing… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share Image
Lyrically, 'less words mean more' is a pretty good rule of thumb. Try to cut out the fat and get to the… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share Image
I always like to write the songs, and they get turned loose into the world, and who knows what happens to them.… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share Image
I didn't know they would pay you money to sit in a room and write songs for other people. I always thought… — Chris Stapleton Copy Share Image
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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
