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" I'm a big 'Cosby Show' fan. "
Frankie Ballard
Cosby
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" 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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Thinking
Remember
Want
" 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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Myself
Late
Like
" I've always been a band guy. That's my wheelhouse. That's what I do. "
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Band
Always
Been
" Some people are songwriters, and some people are just recording artists. I'm both. I write and record. "
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People
Some
Just
" I definitely respect the men and women who came before me and how much those people gave to me musically. "
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Before
Me
Men
" I've never felt the least bit entitled to airplay. Each spin I get means the world to me. "
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Entitled
Get
Me
" 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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Go
Guitar
Years
" 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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People
Play
Guitar
" I've always expressed myself on guitar, and so I look at it as another voice that is available to say what you need to say. "
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You
Voice
Look
" 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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Band
People
Back
" 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. "
Frankie Ballard
Talking
Humble
Small
" 'Boys of Summer,' to me, is like the end of the summer, man. That heartbreaking feeling where you have to go back to school, your summer love is coming to an end, and the leaves are changing. That was always such an emotional time for me as a kid, because I loved summer so much. "
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End
Man
School
" I've never been a morning person, ever. I hate the morning. I have more energy at night. "
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Energy
Morning
Night
" 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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Friends
Want
End
" 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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Music
Hard Work
People
" 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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See
Support
Me
" There are a lot of country artists now that are heavily influenced by hip-hop. That's not me. I was very heavily influenced by rock & roll. "
Frankie Ballard
Rock
Me
Hip-Hop
" My biggest turn-on is a fine pair of athletic legs. A girl with a fine pair of athletic legs who is not afraid to show them off. Turn-offs? A girl who doesn't like country music is a huge turn-off, and girls who don't take care of themselves. "
Frankie Ballard
Country
Care
Girl
" Money definitely doesn't stress me out. I really don't care about money... I probably should a little more. "
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Money
More
Care
" I believe it's possible to have hit songs and popular music that's recorded by human beings. "
Frankie Ballard
Possible
Music
I Believe
" I don't really have any hobbies. "
Frankie Ballard
Really
Any
Hobbies
" It sounds boring, but I'm such a guitar junkie and a gear junkie. I'm always fiddling with my stuff. It's relaxing to me... I'm always pulling my stuff apart, getting my pedal board out and fiddling with it or changing guitar strings. "
Frankie Ballard
Boring
Always
Me
" If I'm blessed enough to have financial freedom in this world, my family is the ones I owe thanks to first. "
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Family
Blessed
Enough
" Before you have a hit song, all you're doing is banging on the door and screaming, 'I've got something I want to play...' Now with the hit songs, they're like, 'Okay man, we're listening. Whaddya got for us?' "
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Door
Doing
You
" I was born in Battle Creek, Michigan, about 20 miles from Kalamazoo. I lived around there for about seven years. That community is one that I really care about. "
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Lived
Community
Care
" I'd like to wrestle an alligator and fly a fighter jet. "
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Fighter
Jet
Like
" I'm a Detroit Tigers fan through and through. "
Frankie Ballard
Fan
Tigers
Detroit
" It really stresses me out to think about what other people think about me. "
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Me
Out
Other
" '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'm a huge Travis Tritt fan. I'm a big Southern rock guy. "
Frankie Ballard
Big
Southern
Rock