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" Country music busts the wall between performer and audience. There's a connection because there's a vulnerability, a confessional quality, to so much of the songwriting. Those lyrics take you in. "

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" I started writing when I was around 6. I say 'writing,' but it was really just making up stuff! I started writing and doing my own thing. I didn't really know what a demo was or anything like that, so I started getting interested in studio gear and started learning about one instrument at a time. My first instrument was an accordion. "

Hunter Hayes

Learning

Doing

Know

" My dad said 'When you love what you do, you never work a day in your life,' and I agree with that. "

" As a new artist - I don't care who you talk to - I think everyone would agree, it's hard to get your expectations right. "

" Yes, I did lock myself in my room for about two years and write some songs and things like that. But I don't feel like I missed out on a whole lot. "

" All my band members were old enough to be my dad. It was like this family vibe. "

" My celebrity crush is not gonna find out who my celebrity crush is anytime soon. I'm so nervous! I may keep that to myself because if I do meet her and she already knows about it, that could be awkward. "

" Singing live is my favorite. When people sing along to your songs, the circle is complete. "

" Anytime I can go fly for a few hours, I go. It's stressful and stress-relieving at the same time. "

Hunter Hayes

Hours

Fly

" I am grateful I got the chance to meet Stevie Wonder! He's like royalty to me and is one of my biggest inspirations. "

" I have a string of competitiveness in me. It's really strange 'cause it's not something that I would even expect myself to have, but every now and then it kinda sneaks out, you know. "

" Robert Duvall saw me playing at a restaurant in Louisiana and invited me to be an extra in his movie 'The Apostle.' He gave me a guitar for my sixth birthday, and I thought that was the coolest thing in the world. "

Hunter Hayes

Birthday

Thought

" I've always been shy, but I see that as a good thing because it kept me focused on music. When I was in seventh grade, I asked my parents for a mobile recording system for Christmas, and I got it. I didn't come out of my room for years after that. I'd get invited to the movies and I'd say, 'I'm gonna finish a couple of demos.' "

" I am blessed beyond belief. "

Hunter Hayes

Belief

I Am Blessed

" I was addicted to playing music. "

" Albums are chapters. They're part of a story. "

" Meeting Stevie Wonder was a massive, lifetime achievement for me. He's one of the sweetest people. I sense a kindred spirit in him, and I hope he'd say the same. Actually, he did. "

Hunter Hayes

Achievement

People

" Music is by no means something I was like, 'I'm going to make a career out of this!' It's the only thing I know how to do, so it was more like, 'I hope to God I can make a career out of this!' "

" I love driving. I've been obsessed with driving something since I was a kid. "

" I could be myself. I'm very shy and awkward. I think the best thing is to embrace it. "

" When I was 13 or 14, I took seven months off from touring. I did a lot of weekend gigs in Louisiana. We have fairs and festivals every weekend. But I took seven months off. That's when I really started digging deep. I wrote a couple songs that year that I still play every now and then for people. "

" I just love music gear, I'm a total geek all around. "

" The stage is my comfort zone, and playing live is what I've always wanted to do. It's why I want to do two hundred dates a year. I wouldn't feel that way if I were nervous onstage. "

" Anyone who tells you they're not nervous playing on the CMAs stage, I'm afraid they're not telling you the whole story. "

" To be the name on somebody's shirt that they've made themselves in preparation for one of your shows - it doesn't get much cooler than that. "

" I struggled with feeling confident for a long time, but I think it's important to be strong and not compromise for anyone or a relationship - I'm drawn to that. "

" I write for myself. I don't write because I have a record coming out. I write because I want to. I need to. "

" I want people to say about me, 'I know he's making music because he loves it.' "

Hunter Hayes

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" Writing by myself, I spread that out more. I'll spend more time on a song then. I'm more critical about it, because there's no one else in the room to tell me, 'That's really not translating. I'm not getting what you're saying.' So, I'm constantly rewriting it, thinking, 'No, that's fine,' and going back. "

" When I was in seventh grade, I asked my parents for a mobile recording system for Christmas, and I got it. I didn't come out of my room for years after that. I'd get invited to the movies and I'd say, 'I'm gonna finish a couple of demos.' "

" I like driving around town and listening to new records. "