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" I've tried very hard to stay grounded with my family, my ol' buddies, nature, music, and creativity. "
Coy Bowles
Nature
Creativity
Family
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" Once you start getting into giving back, it gets addictive. "
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" Just to be part of the history of the Hollywood Bowl - so many people have played there; at least, all of my heroes have. "
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Heroes
History
" I was raised on nothing but love and support. "
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Nothing
I Was Raised
Love
" I never thought we were a country band in the first place. I think we've gotten ourselves into a place where we don't underestimate our listeners and what potential there is for the music they've heard all their lives. "
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Place
" 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. "
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Day
Friend
Love
" 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. "
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Me
Best
Friends
" The tour is like our bread and butter. You don't really get to experience the band unless you see us live. "
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Band
See
Live
" 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. "
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Living
Band
Bear
" I live a life of creating, sharing music with wonderful musicians that I love like family, and spreading a message through music that life is yours to live wide open, and do it your way with love. "
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Love
Music
Sharing
" 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. "
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Focus
Life
Energy
" We pride ourselves on being great songwriters. "
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Great
Pride
Ourselves
" We never think about how many awards we've won. We just want to make the best music we can. "
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Music
Want
Think
" I'm so grateful to have been raised on love and to be so in love with my wife. "
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Raised
Love
Wife
" I love coming back home and seeing old friends and family. I would say it keeps me grounded. "
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Love
Old Friends
Say
" I'm a blues guy at heart, so silly music isn't generally what I do. I'm a I'll-cry-as-my-guitar-gently-weeps kind of guy. "
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Silly
Blues
Guy
" I try to cross as many genres as possible with the same attitude. I want every song to be very clear. "
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Attitude
Want
Try
" 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. "
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Childhood
Great
Life
" Stylistically, we do so many different things. "
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Stylistically
Different
Many
" I believe 99% of success is never giving up. "
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Giving
Up
Believe
" The 'Will Powers' story is like my life to a certain degree. "
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Degree
Will
Story
" 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. "
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Success
Me
School
" 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. "
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Hell
Know
Me
" When I try to be funny, it always makes me more nervous that I'm trying too hard, and then my brain that already thinks too much jumps into hyper drive, and I light-speed start talking 'Star Trek' to someone who's talking 'Star Wars.' Anyway, it doesn't work out usually when I 'try' to be funny. "
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Me
Funny
Drive
" There is an idea that at some point in your career, you 'make it.' I understand the theory of 'making it.' I don't exactly think that it's the best way to look at it. "
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Think
Look
You
" I can play in front of 30,000 people at Fenway and not be nervous at all. But I get really nervous in front of kids. "
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I Can
People
Get
" I love kids, and I think I would be a great dad. I had great parents, and my mother and father are my best friends, so I'd have good examples to lead from. "
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Great
Best
Father
" My dad is basically my best friend. I'm that dude's spitting image and couldn't be more proud of that. They just don't come any better than my dad. "
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Friend
Proud
Best
" You can be as creative as you want to and build all these cool projects, but ultimately, if they're not successful and you don't have the business structure in place, everything will flop. "
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Place
You
Creative
" If they keep playing us on country radio and we get to keep doing cool stuff like playing with Willie Nelson, that's great. "
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Cool
Radio
Like
" Carlos Sosa, the saxophone player for Zac Brown Band, and I worked up two songs for 'When You're Feeling Sick.' They were a blast to work on. The songs are real upbeat and silly. "
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Sick
Silly
Feeling