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" I don't usually suggest going into something you cannot do, but sometimes you gotta jump in and land on your feet. "
Coy Bowles
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" Writing children's books all started out as a way for me to give back and make a difference. "
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" God Bless my mother and father for all the hard work they've done for our family. "
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" If they keep playing us on country radio and we get to keep doing cool stuff like playing with Willie Nelson, that's great. "
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" 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. "
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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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" We are all big Motown fans. "
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" I love coming back home and seeing old friends and family. I would say it keeps me grounded. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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" When I try to be funny, it always makes me more nervous that I'm trying too hard, and then my brain that already thinks too much jumps into hyper drive, and I light-speed start talking 'Star Trek' to someone who's talking 'Star Wars.' Anyway, it doesn't work out usually when I 'try' to be funny. "
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" We try not to think that our listeners are one-track-minded people with the music they listen to. "
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" I try as hard as I can to push myself. I try to create as much as I can. I try to grow on a daily basis. "
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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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" 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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" My dad has seen and done a lot. He comes from the hippie era where music and living life to the fullest is more important than stability and playing by the rules. "
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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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" 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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" A lot of times, people ask us about being a country band, and we say, 'Well, we're not really a country band.' And we're not knocking country, because we like it, but we don't want to be limited. "
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" My mother is very good at sewing and makes wonderful quilts. "
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" The 'Will Powers' story is like my life to a certain degree. "
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" Duane Allman might be my favorite guitar player ever. I'd say I'm influenced by the Allman Brothers more than any other band. When I taught guitar lessons for a living, the students that were interested in soloing had to learn the intro to 'It's Not My Cross to Bear' first thing. "
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" It's so hard to listen to an album you created and without remembering where you were when you wrote it or referencing the the recording experience. "
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" I learned real fast that you need to have a plan of action when changing diapers, or it can get dicey fast. "
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" If you feel like you have no other option in life but to follow your musical path, then do it. If you are talented and focus all your energy on becoming better and furthering your career and never give up, something will happen. I'm not sure what will happen, but it is guaranteed that you will do more than if you didn't do all that. "
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" I've really learned a lot from Zac Brown over the years. He is someone that I consider to be one of my best friends, and besides my parents, he has taught me more than anyone else. Zac is, by nature, a giving and understanding person. "
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" We can be whatever we want to be. We can be a country band if we need to be. We can be a rock band if we need to be. "
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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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