Ryan Hurd

When you're a songwriter, you don't have control over which songs get heard and which ones don't.

— Ryan Hurd

It's very validating to have people who do what you do react to a song in a cool way.

— Ryan Hurd

I have three man crushes: Kit Harington, Ryan Gosling, and Alexander Skarsgard.

— Ryan Hurd

I have a horrible habit of buying merch tees. I go on people's websites and look at all their merch because I'm…

— Ryan Hurd

“... sleep deprivation is an illegal torture method outlawed by the Geneva Convention and international courts, but most of us do it…

— Ryan Hurd

I think one thing I've always focused on is getting better instead of getting somewhere.

— Ryan Hurd

I love having my voice on my songs now, but it also means a lot to hear that another artist likes your…

— Ryan Hurd

I'm not just looking for hits.

— Ryan Hurd

Certain songs mean a lot to you, and they don't really resonate with anybody else, and the ones you don't necessarily love…

— Ryan Hurd

Whenever you put out music, you're just rolling the dice, and the nice thing with Spotify is they're willing to roll them…

— Ryan Hurd

Authentic rock and roll is a sound that I've always been drawn to with bands like Brand New and Jimmy Eat World.

— Ryan Hurd

I came to Nashville to go to Belmont. I went to school to be a student.

— Ryan Hurd

You never think your song's gonna be on the radio. Until it is.

— Ryan Hurd

I love coffee because it's the ritual of my morning. I'm very much a morning person.

— Ryan Hurd

I got a sociology degree and then had an opportunity to go to graduate school. But I said no, because I wanted…

— Ryan Hurd

My birthday is in November, so I think I'm a Scorpio? I'm not even sure!

— Ryan Hurd

That's a lonely place when you think that nobody wants to work with you, but in reality, what it is is they're…

— Ryan Hurd

Some people in the public eye are hardline, like, 'We don't share anything about ourselves.' And that's fine.

— Ryan Hurd

It might seem difficult to separate my artist and my writing career, but for me, it's just music.

— Ryan Hurd

Music hits everyone differently every single day.

— Ryan Hurd

I love writing songs for other people, and it's an honor when someone records your songs.

— Ryan Hurd

The first song I ever had recorded by another artist was a song called 'Surefire Feeling' by Jake Owen.

— Ryan Hurd