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" To have your first No. 1 as an artist was everything I could have ever dreamed for. Now we're keeping our fingers crossed, and hopefully we'll have many more, but there's certainly nothing like the first one. "

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" There's always gonna be guys who are just wonderful singers and probably shouldn't be writing songs. Then there's always gonna be guys who move up the ranks writing. I don't know what's healthier or what's the best thing - probably whatever yields the best songs. "

Luke Bryan

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" Anytime you have a fellow artist say, 'Loving the new Luke Bryan album,' that's awesome. "

" Our crew guys, it's amazing what they have to go through to make a show happen every night. "

" From my dad I learned to be good to people, to always be honest and straightforward. I learned hard work and perseverance. "

" I'm a really, really optimistic and really, really positive person. My main thing is, 'Enjoy life. Celebrate life.' "

" It's pretty cool to see how far music can take you. "

" If I wake up one day and people tell me I'm not sexy, I'm not going to stop making good music and having fun. That 'sex symbol' thing is typically part of being in the limelight. You better be very talented in your music, but it's good to be nice to look at, I guess. "

" I'm excited to be part of a movement that's progressing country music. There's always gonna be people saying, 'It ain't country anymore,' but I don't get into that whole deal. "

" It's kind of like a college degree... when you get one, no one can take it from you. When you get to say for the rest of your life that you've got a platinum album, that really means something. "

" I got my iPad, and I'm trying to buy books on that, but I kind of like a book. At the end of my life, when I'm old, I want to have all these shelves full of books. So I'm just gonna do the book thing. "

" You want women to think of you in a sexy manner. It's all part of the business. It drives ticket sales. It's all a part of it. "

" I've always enjoyed things going at a nice pace, nothing too fast, nothing too crazy. "

" I think 'Country Girl' is one song that can veer into country or hip-hop or rap. You can listen to it and enjoy the humor and the fun in it. "

" Early in my songwriting career, when I was learning a lot about writing songs, I'd force myself to sit down until I came up with something. "

" When you look into the eyes of your people out there that came to see you, that's when it's like, 'Yep, this is what it's all about.' This is why we don't sleep, and this is why we write songs and try to be the best. This moment right here onstage. "

" I'm kind of at a point in my career where I can get away with traditional stuff and then get away with some more rocky and pop and edgier stuff, too. "

Luke Bryan

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" When the show opens, fans can text to a number we flash up on the screen, and then we do a meet-and-greet with 60 to 80 people every night. It's something I love doing, and I would say that's probably more fans than most artists bring backstage after a show. "

" You always have to work to become a better singer, songwriter and performer. "

" Life's up and down from the time you get here to the time you leave. "

" My path is exactly where I want it to be. I'm doing my thing. I'm getting better with every album. "

" You get weird, funny requests on Twitter. With our fan club, I was seeing a lot of fans were having some issue with the way the fan club tickets were being handled in one of the shows. So I was able to correspond with that fan, and be like, 'Listen, we'll be on it.' "

" With every album, the approach is find the best songs you can find, write the best songs you can write and try to sound better. "

" I try to be a good representative for country music. But as a country artist, it's important to move the needle and make a difference beyond your core audience. But you can't ever strategically try to accomplish that; then things get weird. "

" I think the attraction to country music is the fans, the lure of the hardcore fan base. "

" I've been so blessed to have my career gradually get bigger and bigger, so I've been able to absorb stuff and take stuff gradually. "

" American Idol allowed us to find Carrie Underwood. "

Luke Bryan

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" We're putting on a show, and if I'm dancing and having fun, you can take a shot of the crowd, and they've got smiles glued to their faces. "

" I just like Forrest Gump. Maybe I'm a little smarter than him, maybe I'm not. Probably because of the whole Southern aspect of his character and for some reason I always wind up on the better end of all deals... I've just kind of got the old silly boy luck! "

" I don't keep diaries anymore; They're quite incriminating. I just keep all the dirt road diaries in my head. "

" I've been out with lots of other artists opening for them on tour, and you just learn that none of their success came easy - it was all hard work for them, and you have to buckle down and get ready for the hard work yourself, too. "