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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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" There's no need to put a dumb picture of us on the album cover. We always look at ourselves and think, 'Wow, we look like idiots.' We'd rather have a piece of art on there. "

Matthew Ramsey

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Dumb

Art

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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

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

Matthew Ramsey

Just

Friends

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

" It's easy to get squashed down in this business, for sure. Nashville can definitely train you to not get too excited. "

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

Matthew Ramsey

Own

Ticket

" '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. "

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

Matthew Ramsey

Town

See

" 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. "

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

Matthew Ramsey

Love Me

Songs

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" 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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Work hard at doing what you feel is right. Don't be scared! "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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

" 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. "