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" Our sound is different because it's who we are as a band. "
Matthew Ramsey
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" 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. "
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" I can't imagine being a girl out there on the road. We can throw a hat on and stink. Girls have to do their hair. "
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" You definitely want your own fans, but you also want the support of your peers and the people you work with. "
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" It's easy to get squashed down in this business, for sure. Nashville can definitely train you to not get too excited. "
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" 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. "
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" When people want to be associated with us, in the end, that's going to help us gain more fans. "
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" We wanted to make a living, but success was creating a song that we enjoyed playing. Quite honestly, that is still a measure of success for us. "
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" It's a huge deal for us to have our own headlining tour and our name on the ticket. "
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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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" 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. "
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" I definitely wear a lot of Tom Ford jackets on stage. "
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" 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. "
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Great
Band
End
" When we come on the radio, people will go, 'That's Old Dominion,' 'cause it's a sound that can only be made by whatever the five of us make together. "
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Go
People
" 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. "
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Band
" 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 love writing hit songs. That thrills us. "
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" '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. "
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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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Us
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" I'm a huge Lionel Richie fan, and sometimes we actually listen to Lionel Richie on the bus. "
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Bus
" 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. "
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" It really wasn't until I realized that country music had a whole underworld of songwriters that I dug into it. "
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" 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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" 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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Clothes
" 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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" 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. "
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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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