Darius Rucker

People looked at me as a carpetbagger coming over from pop to country. But it helped because it got me in the room. ”

When I was growing up, I always knew that if I ever got anything, I was going to give back as much as I can. I learned that all you have to be willing to do is give your time. ”

I'm such a lover of golf, and I've been at the Masters a couple times, and I've been so blessed to get to play there. ”

There's two times of year for me: Football season, and waiting for football season. ”

I'm used to being the only black guy. I've seriously walked onstage, looked out in the audience, 15,000 people - and I'm the only one in the place. It's no big deal. My whole career's been like that. ”

If my music career was my golf game, I'd be playing for about 26 people tonight somewhere. ”

I expect to make a career out of country music. ”

I think I could take a job as an NFL scout. ”

I had an AM radio and listened to Al Green, Kenny Rogers, Stevie Wonder, Charley Pride and Cheap Trick - sometimes in the same hour on the same station! ”

I believe that one of the reasons I get to play golf all over the world is because of the barriers that Lee Elder broke down. I just think he's amazing. ”