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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 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. "

Matthew Ramsey

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Strong

Old

" 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. "

Matthew Ramsey

Sometimes

You

" You definitely want your own fans, but you also want the support of your peers and the people you work with. "

" We have always been a touring band, and we love playing live. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I definitely wear a lot of Tom Ford jackets on stage. "

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

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

" 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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Fashion is a way to separate yourself - to make a statement about who you are and that you're different. "

" Everyone wants the same thing in this band, so we definitely respect each other. I mean, all of us have had hit songs, so it's a band full of people who really know what they're talking about, so you have to respect that even when you think something you have might be great, and they go, 'Man, it's not as great as you think it is.' "

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

Matthew Ramsey

Just

Friends

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I love art in general - architecture, anything creative. "

" 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

" It's a huge deal for us to have our own headlining tour and our name on the ticket. "

Matthew Ramsey

Own

Ticket

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Matthew Ramsey

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People