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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. "

Matthew Ramsey

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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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" For me, 'I Can't Make You Love Me' is one of the most brilliantly-written songs ever. "

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" It's pretty cool to see, like, from town to town, how different the crowds are. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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Place

" I'm a huge Lionel Richie fan, and sometimes we actually listen to Lionel Richie on the bus. "

" 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. "

" We don't ever want to be this political band. We're just a bunch of dudes. "

" 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. "

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

" A band in our position, we have a first impression to make. We don't want to come out of the gate and make people sad. I think we consciously made that choice to keep it happy and up. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 the great thing for us - we're a band full of songwriters, and we're capable of writing all kinds of songs. "

Matthew Ramsey

Band

Writing

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

" 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. "

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

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

" '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. "

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

Matthew Ramsey

Way

Opportunities

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" Honestly, with pop and rock and things, artists are from all over the place, so they're kind of isolated. The city of Nashville helps create the camaraderie. Everyone moves there for the same reason. "

" 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

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