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" If I'm blessed enough to have financial freedom in this world, my family is the ones I owe thanks to first. "
Frankie Ballard
Family
Blessed
Enough
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" I'm a huge Travis Tritt fan. I'm a big Southern rock guy. "
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" It really stresses me out to think about what other people think about me. "
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" I've got an incredible family that I never get to see. I've missed so much. They know how much my career means to me, and they allow me to go and be the workaholic that they never get to see. They support me in that. "
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" Money definitely doesn't stress me out. I really don't care about money... I probably should a little more. "
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" I've always been a strategy kind of guy. I like laying things out and having a plan. Maybe not always a plan, but an approach and a vibe. "
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" I'm the world's biggest Bob Seger fan. He's like my Elvis. "
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" Are you really into pop? Are you really into old country? Blues? If you're not honest about your influences, then things don't sound as real as they can be. They're not as sharp a cheddar cheese as they can be. And I'm trying to be the sharpest cheddar I can be. "
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" It's amazing how the biggest things in our lives - when we're around the fireplace and talking about them when we're older - the things that matter the most to us start off amazingly small and in a humble way. "
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" I see so many people living in a bubble. They want to be safe, they want their kids to be safe, and they want their friends to be safe. And I get that. That's awesome and really admirable. But life is not about who gets out the cleanest at the end, or who's the most well-preserved and healthiest. "
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" I'm a big 'Cosby Show' fan. "
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Big
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" I don't really have any hobbies. "
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" I probably would have never made it through college without baseball, so I'm thankful for that. I really am proud that I got to play on that level. "
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" I've never felt the least bit entitled to airplay. Each spin I get means the world to me. "
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" All my influences go into a pot like a big ole stew, and it tastes like all the years I spent trying to play the guitar like Stevie Ray Vaughn. It tastes like Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd. And if it comes out bluesy, then so be it. "
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" My dad is a big Outlaw country guy - Johnny Cash, Johnny Horton, Waylon, Willie. He loves Elvis and turned me onto Elvis. He was always playing me stuff. He and I would sing and entertain the family. We'd have a little skit on Thanksgiving or whatever. "
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" I collect hotel keys. I hope to make something out of them someday. It would be cool to make a bar at my house and, like, the bar is all the hotel keys: lay them down and put glass over them. Or maybe even a coffee table. "
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" 'You'll Accomp'ny Me' is a song I've always really cherished. The guy in that song is just so courageous. He's saying this to the girl, 'I know you've got to go do your thing, but eventually, we'll be together. I feel that strong, and I know it in my soul.' And there's something really cool about that. "
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Song
Together
Strong
" I've always been a band guy. That's my wheelhouse. That's what I do. "
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Always
Been
" I want to be the guy with the fresh new sound. I can remember as a kid thinking about a DJ going, 'Ladies and gentlemen, here's the new one from Frankie Ballard. He's the guy with that hot new sound.' That's the dream. "
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" I started off as a bar band. We played ZZ Top, Bob Seger, Waylon Jennings, the Rolling Stones - everything and anything people wanted to hear. You're not really selling yourself back then; you're selling beer. "
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" I like going to the movies by myself. I love going late at night when there's barely anyone in the theater. It's very relaxing. "
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" I've never been a morning person, ever. I hate the morning. I have more energy at night. "
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" I definitely respect the men and women who came before me and how much those people gave to me musically. "
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" I'd like to wrestle an alligator and fly a fighter jet. "
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" Go on stage and stomp my foot on stage and play my guitar and sing my guts out because I love to entertain people. That's what makes me happy. "
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" Someone might look like an overnight success, but there's a lot of hard work that goes into it, and rightfully so. That's the way it should be. There are exceptions to that rule, but in country music, people really have to pay their dues. "
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