Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" I played the bars in northern California since I was 18. We played at least three hours, and there's no which-way about it: That definitely helped. "
Jon Pardi
Hours
Three
California
Related Quotes:
" I love having those lyrics that at first make you think it's about one thing, but it's really about something so much more. "
Jon Pardi
Love
First
Think
" What I can feel the most and what I can remember the most are the melodies I want to write to. "
Jon Pardi
Remember
Feel
I Can
" If you can take a piece of life and put it in a song, it's going to be a good song - especially if it's from the heart. "
Jon Pardi
Heart
Good
Going
" We're boot-friendly here. "
Jon Pardi
Here
" I lean traditional, but 'Head Over Boots,' it's pretty country. "
Jon Pardi
Over
Pretty
Boots
" As a songwriter, we're looking for a good story, and we're always looking to push the limits. "
Jon Pardi
Push
Story
Looking
" I chose to be this guy. It's who I want to be, and it's always been me - just keepin' it country. "
Jon Pardi
Always
Just
Guy
" Getting a beginner publishing deal really helped me gain the skills. I just kept writing and writing. You just take everything out of life and turn it into an idea or a melody or a song and find the best writers you can to write with that fit you and know what you want to do. "
Jon Pardi
Life
Writing
Me
" I love coming back around Northern California. "
Jon Pardi
Around
California
Coming
" For my shows, I don't play too many slow songs. "
Jon Pardi
Songs
Slow
Shows
" I've really been studying lyrics, printing out lyrics to songs I love and reading them like a letter. "
Jon Pardi
Love
Like
Studying
" I always want to just stay humble, and I always want to keep climbing. "
Jon Pardi
Always
Climbing
Humble
" Radio has had my back since 'Missin' You Crazy,' which was a very traditional kind of song. "
Jon Pardi
Kind
Radio
Crazy
" As a songwriter, you always want to search for something that's right in front of you that you can twist into something new. "
Jon Pardi
Right
Always
New
" You've got these guys that have this fresh, street, hip-hop country that sells a zillion. Keep doing that. I'll keep doing my stuff. We'll see how it goes. "
Jon Pardi
Hip-Hop
Country
You
" I was even more country in my college-band days. "
Jon Pardi
Country
Days
Even
" I'm moving forward and getting new fans at every show. "
Jon Pardi
New
Moving
Forward
" There's so many great people in Country Radio, and I appreciate all the support they've given me. "
Jon Pardi
Me
People
Great
" I started playing guitar by the time I was 9. "
Jon Pardi
Time
Playing
Guitar
" I like hearing fiddles, steel guitar, acoustics up loud - really rock & roll stuff but with a country sound behind it. That's just who I am. I'm not trying to prove a point; I am just doing what I like. But I don't have any problems with any other artist coming in and doing their own thing. "
Jon Pardi
Guitar
I Am
Rock
" 'Head Over Boots' is a shuffle, but it's more of a Motown laid-back shuffle than, say, a Dwight Yoakam shuffle. "
Jon Pardi
Boots
Than
Say
" It's always a good feeling to be recognized for something. "
Jon Pardi
Something
Good
Always
" My music is my No. 1, and I've got people who believe in me and keep me going. I'm thankful. "
Jon Pardi
People
Thankful
Me
" I was writing songs by 12 and had a band by 14. "
Jon Pardi
Band
Songs
Had
" There's a connection when people are dancing, laughing, and singing, and that definitely happens with 'Head Over Boots.' "
Jon Pardi
Dancing
Connection
Singing
" I'm a funny guy. You've got to be able to make fun of yourself. We only live once. "
Jon Pardi
Funny
Yourself
You
" I'm a guy who doesn't know the name of the chord, but I know that it sounds good. "
Jon Pardi
Who
Guy
Know
" I can be a traditionalist but also play with Luke Bryan and get the crowd to go crazy. I think that mix is a lot of what has kept me going and kept people fired up about the music. "
Jon Pardi
Play
Think
People
" 'Swagger' would be the word for 'Dirt On My Boots.' With the real funky drum loop and the ganjo rolling down, and then the fiddles and the guitar and steel, it really took an old school style where it's fiddle, steel, guitar, and mixed it with a drum loop. "
Jon Pardi
Style
Boots
Down
" 'Dirt On My Boots' is a very different song. I heard the melody, and I heard the lyrics, and I heard the drive of that song. I totally related. It was kinda me when I was on my bulldozer working for my dad. "
Jon Pardi
Drive
Boots
Working