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All Quotes by author - Frankie Ballard

" All my influences go into a pot like a big ole stew, and it tastes like all the years I spent trying to play the guitar like Stevie Ray Vaughn. It tastes like Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd. And if it comes out bluesy, then so be it. "

" Are you really into pop? Are you really into old country? Blues? If you're not honest about your influences, then things don't sound as real as they can be. They're not as sharp a cheddar cheese as they can be. And I'm trying to be the sharpest cheddar I can be. "

" Before you have a hit song, all you're doing is banging on the door and screaming, 'I've got something I want to play...' Now with the hit songs, they're like, 'Okay man, we're listening. Whaddya got for us?' "

" 'Boys of Summer,' to me, is like the end of the summer, man. That heartbreaking feeling where you have to go back to school, your summer love is coming to an end, and the leaves are changing. That was always such an emotional time for me as a kid, because I loved summer so much. "

" Go on stage and stomp my foot on stage and play my guitar and sing my guts out because I love to entertain people. That's what makes me happy. "

" I believe it's possible to have hit songs and popular music that's recorded by human beings. "

" I collect hotel keys. I hope to make something out of them someday. It would be cool to make a bar at my house and, like, the bar is all the hotel keys: lay them down and put glass over them. Or maybe even a coffee table. "

" I definitely respect the men and women who came before me and how much those people gave to me musically. "

" I'd like to wrestle an alligator and fly a fighter jet. "

" I don't really have any hobbies. "

" If I'm blessed enough to have financial freedom in this world, my family is the ones I owe thanks to first. "

" I like going to the movies by myself. I love going late at night when there's barely anyone in the theater. It's very relaxing. "

" I'm a big 'Cosby Show' fan. "

" I'm a Detroit Tigers fan through and through. "

" I'm a huge Travis Tritt fan. I'm a big Southern rock guy. "

" I'm always moving like a kid. I'm always bouncing around and never sit still. "

" I'm the world's biggest Bob Seger fan. He's like my Elvis. "

" I probably would have never made it through college without baseball, so I'm thankful for that. I really am proud that I got to play on that level. "

" I see so many people living in a bubble. They want to be safe, they want their kids to be safe, and they want their friends to be safe. And I get that. That's awesome and really admirable. But life is not about who gets out the cleanest at the end, or who's the most well-preserved and healthiest. "

" I started off as a bar band. We played ZZ Top, Bob Seger, Waylon Jennings, the Rolling Stones - everything and anything people wanted to hear. You're not really selling yourself back then; you're selling beer. "

" It really stresses me out to think about what other people think about me. "

" It's amazing how the biggest things in our lives - when we're around the fireplace and talking about them when we're older - the things that matter the most to us start off amazingly small and in a humble way. "

" It sounds boring, but I'm such a guitar junkie and a gear junkie. I'm always fiddling with my stuff. It's relaxing to me... I'm always pulling my stuff apart, getting my pedal board out and fiddling with it or changing guitar strings. "

" I've always been a band guy. That's my wheelhouse. That's what I do. "

" I've always been a strategy kind of guy. I like laying things out and having a plan. Maybe not always a plan, but an approach and a vibe. "

" I've always expressed myself on guitar, and so I look at it as another voice that is available to say what you need to say. "

" I've got an incredible family that I never get to see. I've missed so much. They know how much my career means to me, and they allow me to go and be the workaholic that they never get to see. They support me in that. "

" I've never been a morning person, ever. I hate the morning. I have more energy at night. "

" I've never felt the least bit entitled to airplay. Each spin I get means the world to me. "

" I want to be the guy with the fresh new sound. I can remember as a kid thinking about a DJ going, 'Ladies and gentlemen, here's the new one from Frankie Ballard. He's the guy with that hot new sound.' That's the dream. "

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