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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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" I can play in front of 30,000 people at Fenway and not be nervous at all. But I get really nervous in front of kids. "

Coy Bowles

I Can

People

Get

" 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. "

" I firmly believe if you start something, you should finish it. "

" I'm grateful for being able to explore different avenues of my writing, whether it be music or stories, and it have an audience. "

" I've always been the type of person that thinks, 'If someone else can do it, so can I.' "

" I learned real fast that you need to have a plan of action when changing diapers, or it can get dicey fast. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The 'Will Powers' story is like my life to a certain degree. "

" 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. "

" Once you start getting into giving back, it gets addictive. "

" If they keep playing us on country radio and we get to keep doing cool stuff like playing with Willie Nelson, that's great. "

Coy Bowles

Cool

Radio

" We never think about how many awards we've won. We just want to make the best music we can. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We pride ourselves on being great songwriters. "

" We are all big Motown fans. "

" I never thought we were a country band in the first place. I think we've gotten ourselves into a place where we don't underestimate our listeners and what potential there is for the music they've heard all their lives. "

" One of my favorite guitar players and musicians is a guy named Jimmy Herring. "

" I don't usually suggest going into something you cannot do, but sometimes you gotta jump in and land on your feet. "

" Sometimes I have a little social anxiety, and meeting people can be a challenge for me. "

Coy Bowles

Challenge

Meeting

" I can't think of anything more important than a kid being sick and making them laugh and making that whole experience a little easier. "

" I like music that not only has a pop melody to it but is also deeply about something. "

" My mother is very good at sewing and makes wonderful quilts. "

" I grew up in a really small town in Georgia, so the idea of knowing people who are actors or who are just involved in the Hollywood and movie scenes, that's far beyond anything I ever thought would happen in my life. "

" It's kind of a Catch-22. The more successful you get, the less normal you get. "

" If you never give up and you strive hard and focus on every move like a chess game, you will make it. I believe that wholeheartedly. "

" The tour is like our bread and butter. You don't really get to experience the band unless you see us live. "

" 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. "