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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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" 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. "

Coy Bowles

Dreams

Life

Woman

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

" 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. "

" We pride ourselves on being great songwriters. "

" 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 try not to think that our listeners are one-track-minded people with the music they listen to. "

" I love coming back home and seeing old friends and family. I would say it keeps me grounded. "

" 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. "

Coy Bowles

Best

Friends

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" My father is a very skilled carpenter. He can do just about anything with his hands. He is very artistic with his carpentry. "

" Whether there's 100 people or 100,000, we bring our 'A' game every single time. We're full-speed on stage. We kick the audience's butt. "

" 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. "

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

" There is an idea that at some point in your career, you 'make it.' I understand the theory of 'making it.' I don't exactly think that it's the best way to look at it. "

" I've never been much to believe that my Creator will judge me or anyone at their final days. I don't really know if I believe in going to Heaven or Hell. "

Coy Bowles

Hell

Know

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

Coy Bowles

Challenge

Meeting

" I'm a blues guy at heart, so silly music isn't generally what I do. I'm a I'll-cry-as-my-guitar-gently-weeps kind of guy. "

" You can be as creative as you want to and build all these cool projects, but ultimately, if they're not successful and you don't have the business structure in place, everything will flop. "

" We're able to play different genres and be very specific in sounding like we know what we're doing. "

Coy Bowles

Doing

Know

" The recipe to our success is that you have a bunch of different guys who listen to a lot of different music. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I made a promise to be as creative as I could, even outside of music. "

" 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. "

" You're part of the problem or the solution. Solution means, in my opinion, to be taking extra time and energy in trying to give back to the world. "

" 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