Eric Church

Looking back on my career, some of the hardest times - eight people at a show, 12 people on a bus - were some of the most fun. ”

Maybe it's oldest-child syndrome, but I have always been competitive, even as a kid with sports. It spills into my career. ”

Once your career becomes about something other than the music, then that's what it is. I'll never make that mistake. ”

Everybody always tells you what an awesome and unique experience being a parent is. Words can never do the feeling justice. ”

I don't really get into that whole red-blue-conservative-liberal because I can't tell them apart. They all seem inept. So, for me, it's not something I focus on at all. I probably should be more political than I am. I just don't care. ”

With bullying and all the stuff going on, words are very important. Words can be more hurtful than anything physically. I got little kids, and it's common sense when you're raising them that the main thing is how you talk to people, and how you treat people. Sometimes I think the world forgets that as we get older. ”

The Wall Street Dow Jones up and down thing that's moving when the stock market's open? That thing freaks me out. It's up, it's down, it's just maddening to me. I guess I'm such a super-focused kind of person that I get distracted really easy. I'll watch that thing, and it's like I'm losing money, I'm getting money. It's just crazy. ”

To me, the most powerful people in this country, politically, are mayors. If you took all the mayors of the 25 biggest cities and you got them together, you could do more on that level than you ever could through the bureaucracy in Washington. ”

I'm going to do everything I can to keep from being mainstream. ”

As far as writing, it's grown because I've really grown comfortable with who I am. ”