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" I'd still stand in line all day to get into an AC/DC show, because that was the one show when I was younger that kind of changed my life. Because it was a little wrong. I think I was 14 or 15, first concert without the parents, you know, and they were all worried because we were going to an AC/DC show, and it was an amphitheater. "

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" I think right now, you've seen these artists pop up over the last decade who've flirted with branching together a lot of different kinds of music. Some of them have been huge, and sold millions of records. And I think over time it's become a little bit of what the industry can be. "

Eric Church

Think

You

Music

" The stigma with country is it's not cool. That's wrong. Country is very cool. I look at award shows, I look at how country is represented. Country is represented with an asterisk. We have to perform collaborations. We have to perform a tribute. We can't perform by ourselves. "

" Looking back on my career, some of the hardest times - eight people at a show, 12 people on a bus - were some of the most fun. "

" I've always made music that was representative of real life. "

" I am very thankful and blessed to have a healthy and happy baby boy and baby mama. "

Eric Church

Blessed

Thankful

" I've always believed that you put everything into making the best record you can make, regardless of how you release it and regardless of the press and the hype - that the music wins. "

" I don't care if I starve. "

Eric Church

Starve

Care

" Music's cyclical. There's always that next generation that always comes along. "

" I grew up listening to The Band. I love Lowell George. I love Little Feat, and I was listening to some Springsteen, some of the deep album cuts. I just like the looseness of that kind of music. It all feels like they did it in one take. They let whatever happened happen. If it felt good, they kept it. "

" Country has become too homogenized and too commercial. It has lost what makes it special. It's great that it's popular, but then it starts to become watered down. "

" Life doesn't get more real than having a newborn at home. "

" Everybody always tells you what an awesome and unique experience being a parent is. Words can never do the feeling justice. "

" I'm not a trust-fund type. "

Eric Church

Type

" Country music is the song that speaks to the American condition. It's middle America. Eight out of 10 people. Maybe it's not the No. 1 choice, but they listen to country. "

" The town I came from really had one industry, and that was furniture. "

" I signed a baby's head one time, which I thought was an odd situation. I had a guy show me a tattoo one time, and he wanted me to sign the tattoo. So I signed the tattoo, and he went across the street and had the signature tattooed. "

" I want to be the guy out there on the edge. "

" I'm not an early riser; I'm a crack-of-noon guy. "

Eric Church

Guy

Early

" I really love pizza after midnight. "

" Bob Seger was a huge inspiration. "

" I've played shows with injuries before but unfortunately cannot overcome having no voice. "

" There's a roots nature to Appalachia - the origins of folk and bluegrass. I know guys there who are some of the best players I've ever heard but are playing on their porch tonight because they've never chased success. There's simplicity to how they live and what they care about. "

" I went to Appalachian State University, which was very bluegrass- and folk-oriented. "

" Once your career becomes about something other than the music, then that's what it is. I'll never make that mistake. "

" When we go out there, I want to be the act that, no matter who's in that crowd, they've never seen a better act than me. I'm gonna empty the tank. "

Eric Church

Empty

Matter

" I was in Iowa one time, and I kept trying to fire up the crowd, and I kept saying, 'How's Ohio doing?' For some reason, they just weren't coming around! "

" When I feel like every day when I get up I'm writing songs, that's the time to make a record. "

Eric Church

Every Day

Writing

" Music is universal; it speaks to people's souls on the deepest level. "

" I'm going to do everything I can to keep from being mainstream. "

" I have a huge chip on my shoulder. "