Brad Paisley

I listen to the same things that a lot of my fans do, and I grew up in much the same way they're growing up. ”

It's hard to be judgmental once you've been around the world... it's pretty hard to be anything but understanding, and I think it's good for everybody to get out and see someplace other than where you grew up. ”

Everybody goes through a period where you're fighting a lot, I think. Sometimes that can be a good thing for your relationship. That conflict can lead to making up. ”

Out in Hollywood, you get the feeling when people are talking to you, that they are looking right past you - like they're looking to see who else they can talk to. ”

In the past, I tried to be more of a typical session guitarist. I wasn't so concerned with impressing anybody. ”

That's why we do this. In country music, we do this for this very reason... to impact people lyrically, to be a part of their lives. ”

At certain times, your career should be a party. ”

When you're with somebody as iconic as Mick Jagger or John Fogerty, I'm really aware that, in asking these guys to collaborate with me, I don't want to add a footnote to their career that's like, 'Shouldn't' have done that.' It's important to make sure that they're well represented. ”

I'm a country musician. I know how to play jazz, and I can play rock. But I've had to fight my entire career to get a little respect from people who don't understand where I come from. ”

I don't have the answers. But I am asking the questions, and that's the fun part. I'm like the kid in class with his hand up, going, 'Um...' I think that's a powerful place to create from. ”