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" If you feel like you have no other option in life but to follow your musical path, then do it. If you are talented and focus all your energy on becoming better and furthering your career and never give up, something will happen. I'm not sure what will happen, but it is guaranteed that you will do more than if you didn't do all that. "

Coy Bowles

Focus

Life

Energy

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" Once you start getting into giving back, it gets addictive. "

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

" 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. "

" The 'Will Powers' story is like my life to a certain degree. "

" 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 believe 99% of success is never giving up. "

Coy Bowles

Giving

Believe

" 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. "

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

Coy Bowles

Doing

Know

" We are all big Motown fans. "

" I try to cross as many genres as possible with the same attitude. I want every song to be very clear. "

" I firmly believe if you start something, you should finish it. "

" 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. "

" I grew up in a really small town in Georgia, so the idea of knowing people who are actors or who are just involved in the Hollywood and movie scenes, that's far beyond anything I ever thought would happen in my life. "

" 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

" 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'm so grateful to have been raised on love and to be so in love with my wife. "

" Stylistically, we do so many different things. "

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

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

" I try as hard as I can to push myself. I try to create as much as I can. I try to grow on a daily basis. "

" 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. "

" I grew up as an only child, so inherently, most of my life was centered around me. My parents taught me to play well with others and to share my toys, but I was still an only child who didn't have to share my parent's attention with siblings. As great as my childhood was, I always wanted brothers and sisters. "

" I can't think of anything more important than a kid being sick and making them laugh and making that whole experience a little easier. "

" I've tried very hard to stay grounded with my family, my ol' buddies, nature, music, and creativity. "

" My mom used to cut out articles from the 'Atlanta Journal Constitution' when I was in high school. She would either give them to me to read or she would post them on the fridge. These articles would usually be stories of someone inventing something, breaking records, or achieving some kind of success. "

Coy Bowles

Success

School

" Pearl Jam's 'Alive' is the reason I started to play music. "

" 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