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" I write for myself. I don't write because I have a record coming out. I write because I want to. I need to. "
Hunter Hayes
Write
Because
Myself
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" I'm not a photographer, so I need all the help I can get when it comes to make a picture look cool. "
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" I like driving around town and listening to new records. "
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" I struggled with feeling confident for a long time, but I think it's important to be strong and not compromise for anyone or a relationship - I'm drawn to that. "
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" Robert Duvall saw me playing at a restaurant in Louisiana and invited me to be an extra in his movie 'The Apostle.' He gave me a guitar for my sixth birthday, and I thought that was the coolest thing in the world. "
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" As a new artist - I don't care who you talk to - I think everyone would agree, it's hard to get your expectations right. "
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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 want people to say about me, 'I know he's making music because he loves it.' "
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" In any city or town, you can find a good, rocking Italian place. The most unhealthy thing on the menu? I'll have two of those! "
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" My favorite song depends on the day, what I'm going through, what I'm feeling. "
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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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" A bass player has to think and play like a bass player. A drummer has to play and think like a drummer, and stay out of the way of the vocalist. The guitar player has to respect everybody else. "
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" All my band members were old enough to be my dad. It was like this family vibe. "
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" The stage is my comfort zone, and playing live is what I've always wanted to do. It's why I want to do two hundred dates a year. I wouldn't feel that way if I were nervous onstage. "
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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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" If I could make noise with anything, I was going to. "
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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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" I grew up in a fun-loving environment - you work hard and play hard. "
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" I always loved LeAnn Rimes and especially Clint Black for his soulfulness. As I've gotten older, my influences have broadened - John Mayer, Michael Buble, Stevie Wonder, Keith Urban, Stevie Ray Vaughn, the Beatles - all of these artists have somehow been a part of my development as a songwriter. "
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" I started writing when I was around 6. I say 'writing,' but it was really just making up stuff! I started writing and doing my own thing. I didn't really know what a demo was or anything like that, so I started getting interested in studio gear and started learning about one instrument at a time. My first instrument was an accordion. "
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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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" Country music busts the wall between performer and audience. There's a connection because there's a vulnerability, a confessional quality, to so much of the songwriting. Those lyrics take you in. "
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" I truly believe that when you've found the one you're searching for, you become a better version of yourself. You're better for it. "
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" I'm a nerd. Total geek. I never went to homecoming or prom or anything. "
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" 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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" 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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" Every demo I do has a mandolin or resonator on it - some element of the bluegrass or classic country world that I grew up listening to and that first drew me in. And then I always try to find somewhere for a bluesy guitar sound, because that's also what I love. Musically, I'm always finding my way home. "
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