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" 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
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" 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. "
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" There's something about the West Coast. The air is lighter. The vibe is chill. "
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" We never really dreamed of being a band until it just naturally happened. All of a sudden, we were like, 'Maybe we should take this kind of seriously, because people seem to like it.' "
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" Our sound is different because it's who we are as a band. "
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" 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. "
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" SiriusXM has been an unbelievable way for us to share music. Songs move a lot faster there than they do on terrestrial, so hopefully we can continue to partner with satellite radio as a way to share as much music as possible with our fans. "
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" It's very rewarding to know that people respect what you do. "
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" I get excited about a crowd that likes our kind of music. "
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" 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. "
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" I definitely wear a lot of Tom Ford jackets on stage. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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" Sometimes when you're writing a song, it's work, and you really have to make sure you're kind of pounding out every little piece of it. And then sometimes you write a song, and you turn around and you go, 'How did we do that?' "
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Go
" 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. "
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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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" We don't ever want to be this political band. We're just a bunch of dudes. "
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" That's the challenge as a songwriter is that there's only so many things people want to hear about, and relationships is just one of those things. "
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" 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. "
Matthew Ramsey
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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. "
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" It's pretty cool to see, like, from town to town, how different the crowds are. "
Matthew Ramsey
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See
" You definitely want your own fans, but you also want the support of your peers and the people you work with. "
Matthew Ramsey
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" 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. "
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" We always talk about our kids being a great way to judge whether it's a hit song because there's something very basic about the way they perceive the music that I think needs to be there if it's gonna be a hit. "
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" We love writing hit songs. That thrills us. "
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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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" 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. "
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" It really wasn't until I realized that country music had a whole underworld of songwriters that I dug into it. "
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" It's easy to get squashed down in this business, for sure. Nashville can definitely train you to not get too excited. "
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" The writing process for us is different with every song. Sometimes they come from our lives, or someone else we know may be going through something that we choose to write about. "
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" 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. "
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