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" We are all big Motown fans. "
Coy Bowles
Motown
Fans
Big
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" I grew up as an only child, so inherently, most of my life was centered around me. My parents taught me to play well with others and to share my toys, but I was still an only child who didn't have to share my parent's attention with siblings. As great as my childhood was, I always wanted brothers and sisters. "
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" I basically am the only musician in my family. My aunt plays a little piano, but that's about it. My dad's mother painted and was actually good at it. I do not come from a long line of musicians, though. "
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" You can be as creative as you want to and build all these cool projects, but ultimately, if they're not successful and you don't have the business structure in place, everything will flop. "
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" I firmly believe if you start something, you should finish it. "
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" I made a promise to be as creative as I could, even outside of music. "
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" My father is a very skilled carpenter. He can do just about anything with his hands. He is very artistic with his carpentry. "
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" Life is short, so there is no reason why you shouldn't live it to the fullest expression of yourself. "
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" My mom used to cut out articles from the 'Atlanta Journal Constitution' when I was in high school. She would either give them to me to read or she would post them on the fridge. These articles would usually be stories of someone inventing something, breaking records, or achieving some kind of success. "
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" The 'Will Powers' story is like my life to a certain degree. "
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" I'm just grateful. I'm grateful for my family, my wife, and our health. I'm grateful to be in a band of brothers that I love so, so, so much. I'm grateful that this magical combination of dudes makes music that people like and moves them. "
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Family
" Just to be part of the history of the Hollywood Bowl - so many people have played there; at least, all of my heroes have. "
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Heroes
History
" We pride ourselves on being great songwriters. "
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" I love kids, and I think I would be a great dad. I had great parents, and my mother and father are my best friends, so I'd have good examples to lead from. "
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Father
" I live a life of creating, sharing music with wonderful musicians that I love like family, and spreading a message through music that life is yours to live wide open, and do it your way with love. "
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" You think you have the most amazing life by having your dreams come true as a musician and marrying the woman of your dreams. But then you add a lil' baby girl... to the mix, and it's like you've never really lived and loved until she was here. "
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" I taught guitar lessons for a long time for a living before I got on the road. I really enjoyed hanging out with kids, talking about music with them, and trying to influence them in a positive way. "
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" My goal for children's books is to have them become tableside or bedside classics. To me, it would be awesome to write a book that every kid would end up reading at some point in their life because influencing kids in a positive way at such a young age is really cool. "
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Book
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" You don't realize how beautiful an idea is until you do it with other people. There's this really shimmery, awesome thing when you start finishing a song - where the song just starts writing itself. "
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" I like music that not only has a pop melody to it but is also deeply about something. "
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Music
" I'm so grateful to have been raised on love and to be so in love with my wife. "
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" The coolest thing for me to do was listen to Pearl Jam's 'Ten,' Nirvana's 'Nevermind,' or Soundgarden and play along to it and think about how awesome it would be to be in one of those bands and be up on stage. When I'd close my eyes at 13 and dream of being in Pearl Jam or one of those bands, it was exactly like how it is now with the band I'm in. "
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" It's always hard for me to put the pieces together when listening to a finished album that I was a part of writing and playing. There are so many memories wrapped up in each note and each song that it's hard not to constantly flash back to what made that musical event happen while listening. "
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" Carlos Sosa, the saxophone player for Zac Brown Band, and I worked up two songs for 'When You're Feeling Sick.' They were a blast to work on. The songs are real upbeat and silly. "
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" If the people that love you are the people at your side on your last day, and there's not a soul in that room that has any bad words to say about you, well, I'd say Heaven awaits you, my friend. "
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" We never think about how many awards we've won. We just want to make the best music we can. "
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" You're part of the problem or the solution. Solution means, in my opinion, to be taking extra time and energy in trying to give back to the world. "
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" We listen to so many different types of music, so it's easy for us to play a different genre or style and it be true to what we do. "
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" There is an idea that at some point in your career, you 'make it.' I understand the theory of 'making it.' I don't exactly think that it's the best way to look at it. "
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" Whether there's 100 people or 100,000, we bring our 'A' game every single time. We're full-speed on stage. We kick the audience's butt. "
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