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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Frankie Ballard

Guitar

Years

" I was born in Battle Creek, Michigan, about 20 miles from Kalamazoo. I lived around there for about seven years. That community is one that I really care about. "

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

" '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. "

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

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

Frankie Ballard

Entitled

Get

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

" 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. "

Frankie Ballard

Boring

Always

" 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?' "

" 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. "

" Some people are songwriters, and some people are just recording artists. I'm both. I write and record. "

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

Frankie Ballard

Fighter

Jet

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

Frankie Ballard

Moving

Never

" 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. "

Frankie Ballard

Myself

Late

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

Frankie Ballard

Bob

Fan

" I don't really have any hobbies. "

" Life is relationships and what we're trying to do together. And please, that's what people have been singing about forever. That's what the blues is all about - the good, the bad, the fun, all of it - that lies there in between a man and a woman. "

" There are a lot of country artists now that are heavily influenced by hip-hop. That's not me. I was very heavily influenced by rock & roll. "

Frankie Ballard

Rock

Hip-Hop

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

" 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'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. "

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

Frankie Ballard

Out

Other

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

Frankie Ballard

Before

Men

" Money definitely doesn't stress me out. I really don't care about money... I probably should a little more. "

Frankie Ballard

Money

Care

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

" That's what music-making is: a dialogue. "

Frankie Ballard

Dialogue

" 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. "

" 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. "