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" The best times I've ever had and the greatest lessons I've ever learned were when my feet were out over the edge of the line, and I was at risk of getting a little beat up, physically and emotionally. "

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" It's amazing how the biggest things in our lives - when we're around the fireplace and talking about them when we're older - the things that matter the most to us start off amazingly small and in a humble way. "

Frankie Ballard

Talking

Humble

Small

" I've got an incredible family that I never get to see. I've missed so much. They know how much my career means to me, and they allow me to go and be the workaholic that they never get to see. They support me in that. "

Frankie Ballard

See

Support

" I've never been a morning person, ever. I hate the morning. I have more energy at night. "

" I'd like to wrestle an alligator and fly a fighter jet. "

Frankie Ballard

Fighter

Jet

" Someone might look like an overnight success, but there's a lot of hard work that goes into it, and rightfully so. That's the way it should be. There are exceptions to that rule, but in country music, people really have to pay their dues. "

" I'm a huge Travis Tritt fan. I'm a big Southern rock guy. "

" There are a lot of country artists now that are heavily influenced by hip-hop. That's not me. I was very heavily influenced by rock & roll. "

Frankie Ballard

Rock

Hip-Hop

" I see so many people living in a bubble. They want to be safe, they want their kids to be safe, and they want their friends to be safe. And I get that. That's awesome and really admirable. But life is not about who gets out the cleanest at the end, or who's the most well-preserved and healthiest. "

" Some people are songwriters, and some people are just recording artists. I'm both. I write and record. "

" That's what music-making is: a dialogue. "

Frankie Ballard

Dialogue

" I was born in Battle Creek, Michigan, about 20 miles from Kalamazoo. I lived around there for about seven years. That community is one that I really care about. "

" I want to be the guy with the fresh new sound. I can remember as a kid thinking about a DJ going, 'Ladies and gentlemen, here's the new one from Frankie Ballard. He's the guy with that hot new sound.' That's the dream. "

" Go on stage and stomp my foot on stage and play my guitar and sing my guts out because I love to entertain people. That's what makes me happy. "

" I'm always moving like a kid. I'm always bouncing around and never sit still. "

Frankie Ballard

Moving

Never

" Are you really into pop? Are you really into old country? Blues? If you're not honest about your influences, then things don't sound as real as they can be. They're not as sharp a cheddar cheese as they can be. And I'm trying to be the sharpest cheddar I can be. "

" I've always expressed myself on guitar, and so I look at it as another voice that is available to say what you need to say. "

" I've always been a band guy. That's my wheelhouse. That's what I do. "

" Money definitely doesn't stress me out. I really don't care about money... I probably should a little more. "

Frankie Ballard

Money

Care

" I'm the world's biggest Bob Seger fan. He's like my Elvis. "

Frankie Ballard

Bob

Fan

" My dad is a big Outlaw country guy - Johnny Cash, Johnny Horton, Waylon, Willie. He loves Elvis and turned me onto Elvis. He was always playing me stuff. He and I would sing and entertain the family. We'd have a little skit on Thanksgiving or whatever. "

" 'Boys of Summer,' to me, is like the end of the summer, man. That heartbreaking feeling where you have to go back to school, your summer love is coming to an end, and the leaves are changing. That was always such an emotional time for me as a kid, because I loved summer so much. "

" I don't really have any hobbies. "

" I believe it's possible to have hit songs and popular music that's recorded by human beings. "

" I definitely respect the men and women who came before me and how much those people gave to me musically. "

Frankie Ballard

Before

Men

" I started off as a bar band. We played ZZ Top, Bob Seger, Waylon Jennings, the Rolling Stones - everything and anything people wanted to hear. You're not really selling yourself back then; you're selling beer. "

" 'You'll Accomp'ny Me' is a song I've always really cherished. The guy in that song is just so courageous. He's saying this to the girl, 'I know you've got to go do your thing, but eventually, we'll be together. I feel that strong, and I know it in my soul.' And there's something really cool about that. "

" I've always been a strategy kind of guy. I like laying things out and having a plan. Maybe not always a plan, but an approach and a vibe. "

" I collect hotel keys. I hope to make something out of them someday. It would be cool to make a bar at my house and, like, the bar is all the hotel keys: lay them down and put glass over them. Or maybe even a coffee table. "

" Life is relationships and what we're trying to do together. And please, that's what people have been singing about forever. That's what the blues is all about - the good, the bad, the fun, all of it - that lies there in between a man and a woman. "

" If I'm blessed enough to have financial freedom in this world, my family is the ones I owe thanks to first. "