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" It's very rewarding to know that people respect what you do. "
Matthew Ramsey
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" Honestly, with pop and rock and things, artists are from all over the place, so they're kind of isolated. The city of Nashville helps create the camaraderie. Everyone moves there for the same reason. "
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" 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. "
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" We take what we do seriously, but we don't take ourselves too seriously, and I think that kind of helps us stay focused on what's important - and that is the music, our fans, and our families. "
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" Working with a company like LIDS just makes sense for us. Every night, we play a song we wrote that has now become a hit and was inspired by seeing so many of our fans wearing Snapbacks. Our fans are LIDS customers, and we are excited to partner up and bring them into the Old Dominion family. "
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" 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.' "
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People
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" I love art in general - architecture, anything creative. "
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Love
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" 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. "
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Support
" 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. "
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Relationships
Want
" 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. "
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Down
" 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. "
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" There are albums that I listen to religiously just because I'm such a big fan: any Bruce Springsteen album, or old George Strait albums because the songwriting's so strong. "
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" 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. "
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" It's pretty cool to see, like, from town to town, how different the crowds are. "
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" The most important thing I can say is to make music that moves you. Don't try and chase what's on the radio or what you think people want to hear. "
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" As writers, you spend so long trying to build your cred as a writer, and then everything comes together at the same time: your artist career happens when your songwriter career is, too. "
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" It's fun to dress up and look good. And it's fun to try on clothes and wear a different jacket every night. It also helps you on stage to feel like you belong there. "
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