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" I guess I do prefer a ball cap. I have performed without a cap, mostly at funerals and weddings. "
Rodney Atkins
Cap
Weddings
Guess
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" There's an intelligent redneck in all of us somewhere. "
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" I've never really focused on if I had good habits when I sang or if I had bad habits, or if I was breathing correctly. So, I started doing vocal exercises and would stretch out before I sang, stuff to help my breathing. It's funny, you breathe your whole life then you find out you're not doing it correctly. "
Rodney Atkins
Good
You
Funny
" You wind up creating from silence, like painting a picture on a blank canvas that could bring tears to somebody's eyes. As songwriters, our blank canvas is silence. Then we write a song from an idea that can change somebody's life. Songwriting is the closest thing to magic that we could ever experience. That's why I love songwriting. "
Rodney Atkins
Experience
Silence
Love
" When you're adopted, no matter what, you've got issues with unconditional love. And you find out you're the product of the worst situation for a young girl to be in and start her life, and I'm so grateful that my birth mom made the decision she made. She came from a rough situation. "
Rodney Atkins
Girl
Start
Mom
" I am spiritual. I believe God loves and is pulling for all of us. "
Rodney Atkins
I Believe
I Am
Believe
" Right now my favorite TV show - because it's too close to home - is 'My Name Is Earl.' That show kills me. There's some funny stuff in there. "
Rodney Atkins
Funny
Right
Now
" I started doing some demos and got online and bought a refurbished laptop, bought a microphone off of eBay. A lot of folks said you can't really do it that way at a pro level, but I did some vocals that way, turned it into the label and they said, 'Wow, where did you record this? The vocals sound great!' "
Rodney Atkins
Sound
Great
Doing
" I see the crowd singing 'Rock 'N Roll' or 'Back Road' at my concerts... they are anthems and they lift up your life. "
Rodney Atkins
Rock
Back
Singing
" There's a book called 'The Shack' - it had a lot to do with me coming full circle, meeting my birth mother. Awhile back, my birth mom and my adopted mom came to my show together, and it was pretty surreal. "
Rodney Atkins
Me
Meeting
Mom
" Where I'm fortunate and why I think I've thrived and survived, through the not having albums out every year-and-a-half, is not taking the songs lightly and trying to make sure I've got consistency. "
Rodney Atkins
Through
Why
Think
" If I spent the rest of my life getting even with the people that had helped me out, I would never settle the score. "
Rodney Atkins
Me
Life
My Life
" You choose to be happy, and in life we have as many good days as bad days. I try to find and record those songs that pull you through the bad days, and keep you believing that the good days are just around the corner. "
Rodney Atkins
Good
Be Happy
You
" But I have vertigo... I lose my equilibrium easily. I can lean out to look at something and just keep leaning and not realize I'm about to fall. "
Rodney Atkins
Fall
Realize
Lose
" I was a sickly baby, and after two sets of adoptive parents took me home, they returned me to the orphanage because of a serious respiratory infection. But as they say, the third time's a charm, because my mom and dad adopted me and took me into their home where I was raised in a family full of love. "
Rodney Atkins
Love
Time
Family
" There's nothing special about me. Nothing has come easy. "
Rodney Atkins
Easy
Special
Me
" My family and I are just regular folks, just trying to get through the day and do the best you can and pay the bills, and that's who we're singing to. "
Rodney Atkins
Day
Best
Family
" It's still a trip for me to see somebody that I've only seen on television or in a movie. When they are there in real life, it's very different. When we played Detroit, Kevin Costner played before us. "
Rodney Atkins
Television
Us
See
" The way I started playing music was sitting around with friends and singing songs. I love good ol' fashioned guitar pulls. "
Rodney Atkins
Love
Music
Way
" I am so excited this year getting to play the 85th Anniversary Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Everyone knows on Thanksgiving morning to get up, turn on the TV and watch the parade, so to be an actual participant is going to be fun and I'm looking forward to it. I am gonna have to put on my deer hunting gear, though, to stay warm! "
Rodney Atkins
Thanksgiving
Day
Morning
" With videos, I find I'm better off if I'm playing a role inside of it. The more you do it, the more you understand it. "
Rodney Atkins
Better
You
Understand
" You can hear some artists, hear five of their albums and still have no idea who they are. But if you've heard most of what I've recorded, you know me. You go from 'Honesty' to 'Going Through Hell' - you can listen to the hits, and they pretty much reflect who I am. 'Take a Back Road' is the same thing. "
Rodney Atkins
Road
Know
I Am
" My wife grew up loving country music, so I always run songs by her whether I wrote it or if somebody pitched it to me. "
Rodney Atkins
Me
Wife
Run
" The energy of college football rivals that of a live performance for me. I am an extremely analytical guy and predicting these games is right up my alley, especially with a little luck thrown in. It is even more fun when I am winning and I have to say, I have fared quite well in my predictions. "
Rodney Atkins
Football
Winning
Live
" I grew up playing music and enjoying good food, friends and family in my own backyard. "
Rodney Atkins
Good Food
Music
Family