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" Personally, my favorite 'meat' song is 'We Got It Right.' As soon as it comes on, it transports me to a different place. And I'm really proud of our performance in the studio on that one. "

Matthew Ramsey

Performance

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Sometimes

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" Sometimes you can gauge the excitement of the rest of the band. If I'm bringing a song in and they're excited, then I'll hold on to that one. But there are times where it's like, 'Eh, I don't really like that one,' and we have to send that one on. "

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" '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. "

" 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. "

" 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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" 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. "

" The first time we went to the ACMs, no one really knew who we were. "

" 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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" I think that's one of the hardest parts as an artist, and creating a career, is the song is what is gonna lead you there. So it's hard to find great songs. "

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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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" The more successful we get, the more opportunities come our way. "

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Way

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" 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. "