Eric Church Quotes

I went to my dad when I was 17 and said, 'I want to be a country music star.' Which every dad loves to hear. And he said, 'I want you to go to college.' So we had a discussion. And I'm pretty stubborn. I'm a lot like him. And he said, 'If you go to college and graduate, I'll pay your first six months of rent in Nashville.' So he bribed me.
Eric Church

Music, Dad, Him

Many people have come to think they can just wake up and have things handed to them.
Eric Church

As far as writing, it's grown because I've really grown comfortable with who I am.
Eric Church

Writing, Far, Grown

Bob Seger was a huge inspiration.
Eric Church

Everybody always tells you what an awesome and unique experience being a parent is. Words can never do the feeling justice.
Eric Church

Experience, Justice, Feeling

I am very thankful and blessed to have a healthy and happy baby boy and baby mama.
Eric Church

Thankful, Happy, Blessed

I can't stand making records.
Eric Church

Making, Stand, Records

I don't care if I starve.
Eric Church

I don't use the big video screens that a lot of other artists use because personally, I think it's kind of a crutch. I think sometimes it's like watching television as opposed to really getting involved with what is happening onstage and the people in your section.
Eric Church

Sometimes, Big, Getting

I have a huge chip on my shoulder.
Eric Church

Shoulder, Chip, Huge

I have a new hobby and it's pretty much logging.
Eric Church

I think right now, you've seen these artists pop up over the last decade who've flirted with branching together a lot of different kinds of music. Some of them have been huge, and sold millions of records. And I think over time it's become a little bit of what the industry can be.
Eric Church

Music, Time, Together

I want to be the guy out there on the edge.
Eric Church

I'm going to do everything I can to keep from being mainstream.
Eric Church

Everything, Keep, Mainstream

I'm not a trust-fund type.
Eric Church

I've always made music that was representative of real life.
Eric Church

Life, Music, Real

I've played shows with injuries before but unfortunately cannot overcome having no voice.
Eric Church

Before, Cannot, Voice

If I wanted the ticket to be a $200 ticket, I'd have made it a $200 ticket, but I don't want it to be that.
Eric Church

Made, Wanted, Ticket

Life doesn't get more real than having a newborn at home.
Eric Church

Life, Home, Real

Music's cyclical. There's always that next generation that always comes along.
Eric Church

Music, Next, Generation

Once your career becomes about something other than the music, then that's what it is. I'll never make that mistake.
Eric Church

Music, Career, Once

The key to songwriting is just to be able to observe, and put yourself in situations to be around people, and let those ideas come to you.
Eric Church

Yourself, Put, Around

The most important thing for me as an artist is having an identity.
Eric Church

Important, Artist, Identity

The town I came from really had one industry, and that was furniture.
Eric Church

Industry, Town, Furniture

When I feel like every day when I get up I'm writing songs, that's the time to make a record.
Eric Church

Time, Writing, Songs

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Nationality: American

Born: June 3, 1977

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