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" I think that's the great thing for us - we're a band full of songwriters, and we're capable of writing all kinds of songs. "

Matthew Ramsey

Band

Writing

" I think it's natural for people to see a band and imagine themselves as part of that. That's what I grew up fantasizing about, looking at posters of bands on my wall. There is an allure to a band. "

" It's very rewarding to know that people respect what you do. "

" Our sound is different because it's who we are as a band. "

" When you go out for the night with your buddies, it feels like you're in a band, and I think everybody can relate to that. "

Matthew Ramsey

Band

" The writing process for us is different with every song. Sometimes they come from our lives, or someone else we know may be going through something that we choose to write about. "

" The truth is, that's what we moved to Nashville to do - to learn how to write hit songs. We weren't necessarily trying to get on college radio. We're trying for mass appeal. "

" We never really dreamed of being a band until it just naturally happened. All of a sudden, we were like, 'Maybe we should take this kind of seriously, because people seem to like it.' "

" This goes for our songwriting as well as our success as a band - the minute we stopped chasing what we thought people wanted to hear and started writing things that moved us, that's when people started paying attention. "

" We don't ever want to be this political band. We're just a bunch of dudes. "

" In a certain sense, every time you sit down to write a song, there's a fear that you've forgotten how to do it. "

" When people want to be associated with us, in the end, that's going to help us gain more fans. "

Matthew Ramsey

Help

Fans

" 'Still Writing Songs About You' - that one hits me every time. For some reason, I really feel that song every time we play it. I just love the sound of it, and I feel like everybody probably has that person that they never fully forget or never can get past. "

" There's no such thing as a broken heart, and there's no such thing as a Sasquatch. "

" It's pretty cool to see, like, from town to town, how different the crowds are. "

Matthew Ramsey

Town

See

" When Taylor Swift was first beginning to really take off, a couple of guys I knew in her band called and offered me a job on her tour playing acoustic guitar and singing background vocals, and they thought I would be a really good fit for it. "

" I get excited about a crowd that likes our kind of music. "

" When we write songs, we don't ever sit down to write an Old Dominion song. We just sit down to write the best song we possibly can. "

" There's no need to put a dumb picture of us on the album cover. We always look at ourselves and think, 'Wow, we look like idiots.' We'd rather have a piece of art on there. "

" It really wasn't until I realized that country music had a whole underworld of songwriters that I dug into it. "

" There's no shame in being a support act for anyone. It's been extremely beneficial for us to be allowed onstage for any of the artists we've toured with, and we've gotten some big exposure from them sharing their crowds with us in the past. "

Matthew Ramsey

Big

Support

" We don't want to be the standard thing. We're more interested in having people hate us than glaze over us. We'd rather have a reaction than be in the middle. "

Matthew Ramsey

People

Over

" There's something about the West Coast. The air is lighter. The vibe is chill. "

" In the end, yes, I'm the singer of Old Dominion, but we're a band of great singers and great musicians, and we just respect each other so much. "

" SiriusXM has been an unbelievable way for us to share music. Songs move a lot faster there than they do on terrestrial, so hopefully we can continue to partner with satellite radio as a way to share as much music as possible with our fans. "

Matthew Ramsey

Way

Radio

" There's a lot of people out there - like, a lot of people out there - that wouldn't know our music if it wasn't for Spotify. "

" We definitely wanted to show we're a band that can be around, and we have something to say other than the lighter, 'pickup line' sort of songs. "

" We don't take ourselves too seriously. We're just friends that like to goof off. "

Matthew Ramsey

Just

Friends

" That's the challenge as a songwriter is that there's only so many things people want to hear about, and relationships is just one of those things. "

" We always talk about our kids being a great way to judge whether it's a hit song because there's something very basic about the way they perceive the music that I think needs to be there if it's gonna be a hit. "