Brantley Gilbert

When I started doing music full time, I figured out my job wasn't something I needed to be completely sober for.

Don't get me wrong. There's always situations where when it gets bigger than me, it's time to go talk to mama and daddy and God.

If I'm ever having a good time, I'll write about it so I'll remember it.

I've been asked a million times to move to Nashville, but I just can't seem to do it.

For me, a show's a show. I try to put on the best show I can for whatever audience or time slot I get.

I just sit down and write the best song for the best moment, and however it comes out, it is what it is.

I don't need anything to have a good time or be a hell-raiser. I was born one.

I don't want to release a CD; I want to release the real deal, so we're just gonna take our time.

Looking back, we had the hard time, but the privilege, of actually coming up playing biker bars and little bitty college bars.

It's not just music. To me, it's songwriting more than anything. A lot of people say it's expression, but to me, it's more than that.

I wanted to go where the people work hard, throw down, and really needed the party... Saginaw is all that and then some. I looked in those faces - and I knew, these people mean business.

I'm honored the folks and Bendon understood why I wanted to work with them and Toys for Tots.