Top 25 Randy Houser Quotes

Granny beads are what they’re called when a grandma works the garden all day – you always see them – they have a handkerchief around their neck with a lot of dust on them, and then the sweat will go down and make these black beads of sweat and dirt around their neck. And that’s what they call granny beads.

I always try to put something personal on my albums just to give people out there a little piece of my history and how I got where I am and who I am.

I really tend to write in retrospect.

One thing I’ve had to realize in my career is that I can’t do it all. Sometimes we put a lot of pressure on ourselves to make sure we’re writing the next hit. There are other people out there, and that’s what they do every day, and they have strengths that I don’t have.

First time I walked out on the Opry stage, Vince Gill was there. He kind of ‘daddied’ me through the whole thing. My knees were knocking. I walked out there, and I was literally shaking. They say it’s the spirits or the ghosts. And out of respect for that whole establishment, I was really really nervous.

I feel like a younger man, and I’m sure having a child and all that has to do with that.

I never felt like I wanted to have kids until I could be home and be a daddy, and those are the things that I didn’t have.

I was always going to make music, but I cleaned up my act a lot just to be a good dad and a husband. That sort of changed my career professionally, too.

One thing we have to remember as songwriters is that we have to consider that country music is the country’s music. That doesn’t mean that everybody’s rural.

That time, when everyone else is asleep, and it’s just me and my little man, that’s the best time I’ve ever spent in my life. I just get to love on him. It, literally, is the best.

It should be if you’re a good singer and a good songwriter, you should have your spot. You get everybody trying to release the prettiest guy, but that doesn’t mean they’re the best artist. Most of the time the true artists are just normal old dudes.

I’m a songwriter; that’s where it starts. I love writing with someone that shares that same feeling of accomplishment. I’ll play music for my fans as long as they’ll listen, but I fancy myself as a writer first.

I started playing in bars when I was about 15 years old, and there are things that I saw early on that really shaped who I am.

One of my main weaknesses is a good movie. I’ll just bawl my eyes out.

Any of the rewards or accolades or any of that are very nice and everything but the music is what saves me. And it did. I would write my way out of any kind of depressing period.

When I first met my wife, I really just settled down quite a bit and I started living a much cleaner lifestyle. I was able to concentrate on things that I neglected in the past a little more and I was spending a lot more time at home than I normally would.

When you listen to radio and hear the same 20 or 25 songs, you start hunting down your CD’s. Waylon Jennings’ records were always around to listen to.

I’ve had my heart broken and then gone out and done dumb things.

I’ve been playing music for over 20 years now. I started playing when I was 14 years old. To everyone who has said I was an overnight success… where have you been the last 20 years?

I firmly believe that every six years, a person goes through a serious change. Think about it: At 6, you start school. At about 12, you start hitting puberty. And then it goes on. You start hitting these different mental levels, and people change. I think that’s part of the reason the divorce rate is so high.

I love Darius Rucker. He’s a true artist, a great songwriter who can play his instrument, sing and write about his life.

I’ve made music since I was a kid so I’ve always gotten joy out of that.

There’s certain things as a songwriter that I don’t really care to write about, and there are certain things I won’t sing about anymore. There are just so many things that I probably thought was OK for me, or have been in the past, that I would never want my son to think was OK.

I remember when I met my wife and that she could just grab my hand and I would just ease. I don’t know how to say that but it was one of the coolest things. It was strange, but it definitely changed my life.

I started playing guitar before I can really remember, and I started writing really early, too.