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" I grew up in a fun-loving environment - you work hard and play hard. "
Hunter Hayes
Work
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" 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. "
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" I'm from Louisiana, and that's where I got my start, in Cajun music. There's a huge music scene down there centered around our culture. Those are people that are not making music for a living. They are making music for the fun of it. And I think that's the best way I could have been introduced to music. "
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" Unfortunately, I'm more experienced than I care to admit on long-distance relationships. Just because that is my life. I travel because I love to. As a result, I have to sort of make it work when a relationship kind of comes into view. "
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" 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. "
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" Anyone who tells you they're not nervous playing on the CMAs stage, I'm afraid they're not telling you the whole story. "
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" 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. "
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" I am, by nature, a guitar player... I learned all of these other instruments around that, and around the theory that I built learning the guitar. "
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" My dad said 'When you love what you do, you never work a day in your life,' and I agree with that. "
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" 'Wanted' is about a girl I was friends with, but at the time it was teetering on the edge of something more. I wanted to show her that I really cared about her. 'Wanted' was my way of saying, 'we're friends and have a great foundation, and this could be something really special.' "
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Girl
" All I knew when I moved to Nashville was that I wanted to make music in whatever shape and form I could. "
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Shape
Music
Knew
" There's something fun about the road because there's no 9 to 5. But I do find myself making the effort to take some time off. As much as I don't want to, I have to. I need to reset. I love weeks off, because I can go in the studio and just be creative again. "
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Love
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" I'm a nerd. Total geek. I never went to homecoming or prom or anything. "
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Prom
Anything
" I'm in my dream world. "
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World
Dream
" My favorite song depends on the day, what I'm going through, what I'm feeling. "
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" All the people I hung out with were musicians. "
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" Thank you to country radio for believing in me. "
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Me
Believing
" I'm naturally shy, so the social media thing is new to me. I haven't really figured out how my voice sounds on social media, you know? I don't want to tweet everyday just for the sake of tweeting. I want to make sure whatever I do there is honest. Social media can very quickly get fake, and I don't want to be that guy. "
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" I wrote my first song when I was 6 years old. It was actually called 'Six Years Old.' "
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" There is a bit of a movement as far as younger people in country music. That is cool because people are saying things like, 'I didn't listen to country music until so-and-so came along.' And I'm like, 'Yeah! Now you know why I love it.' "
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Love
" 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. "
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" I am grateful I got the chance to meet Stevie Wonder! He's like royalty to me and is one of my biggest inspirations. "
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" I don't have a girlfriend. I don't know if I have a type, but I really like girls who are driven. I really care about music, so I like it when a girl really cares about something too. Whatever it is they are into, I'll be their biggest fan. "
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" 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!' "
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" My mom makes the best Cajun stuff. I'm a big gumbo guy. I've lost a lot of my Louisiana accent, so now when I say 'gumbo,' I feel like someone who's never said the word before. "
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" 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. "
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Weekend
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People
" Singing live is my favorite. When people sing along to your songs, the circle is complete. "
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Singing
Sing
" 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. "
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Saying
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" I could be myself. I'm very shy and awkward. I think the best thing is to embrace it. "
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" I just love music gear, I'm a total geek all around. "
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" There's a lot of people I'd like to write with, like Keith Urban or even as far out as Stevie Wonder. "
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