We started out as a bar band. We were sometimes playing in front of 20 people. — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
It's weird to think about being introduced as 'Hall of Fame members Rascal Flatts.' — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
We were derided as a boy band, with pop music and not really country. — 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… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
I think, as long as people are doing their craft at a high level, I'm going to have respect for it and… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
Chicago was a big influence on all three of us growing up. I admire their musical integrity. When the opportunity came up… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
There were so many years that were going by at a lightning speed that it was so hard to kinda put our… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
I love every aspect of live performance and putting our shows together and approaching it from the standpoint of, 'What would we… — Jay DeMarcus Audience Copy Share Image
If people would've heard what we were doing back in the clubs in the late '90s, they would be really shocked to… — Jay DeMarcus Country Copy Share Image
I think it happens with every career when you've been around 10 or 12 years. You start to get on cruise control… — Jay DeMarcus Career 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 Country 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.… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
It's always a wonderful time to be able to settle down by the fire, enjoy the Christmas tree and the decorations, and… — Jay DeMarcus Christmas 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
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
You can't manufacture the feeling of being in a small crowd and connecting on every single level to the very last person… — 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 Country 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… — Jay DeMarcus Different directions Copy Share Image
I think the thing that keeps us motivated is challenging ourselves to see if we can be better than we've been before… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
That's what we all hope and dream to do, when we stand in front of the mirror with our Goody comb and… — Jay DeMarcus Dreams 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
It would be nice sometimes to take a longer break in between projects, but unfortunately, the way that the business is, there's… — Jay DeMarcus Business Copy Share Image
People are always surprised to find this out, but the songs that we write, such as 'Winner of a Losing Game' and… — Jay DeMarcus Country Copy Share Image
We've gotten to do so many great things throughout the years. We've gotten to meet presidents. We've been able to go to… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
It's so much fun to have vocal groups out on the road because we get to see them do their thing, and… — 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… — Jay DeMarcus Dawned Copy Share Image
I think our live shows dispelled any misconceptions people had about us. When you come see us live, you know we're anything… — 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 Country Copy Share Image
You start to compete with yourself when your catalog gets bigger and bigger... I mean, everybody wants the next 'Bless the Broken… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
We were just hoping 'Prayin' for Daylight' wasn't a complete flop. Selling a million records wasn't even in our wildest thoughts. — Jay DeMarcus Daylight Copy Share Image
With a band like Shenandoah, you don't want to take things and deconstruct them to a point where you don't recognize them. — 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 Falling in love 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
We live in the Bible Belt. I was born and raised in church. That's something that was really, really important to me,… — Jay DeMarcus Bible 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
I feel like we were so naive when we first got started, we didn't even know we'd be around for two years,… — 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… — Jay DeMarcus Bread 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… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
There's nothing worse than looking out and seeing some guy with his arms crossed while you're singing your heart out on a… — Jay DeMarcus Copy Share Image
There's really an art form to putting together a set list that flows evenly and that takes you on a ride and… — Jay DeMarcus Art Copy Share Image
