Top 33 Jay DeMarcus Quotes

After 15 years of singing the same 12 to 15 songs every night, it can become monotonous.

We make music for our fans, and that’s what we’ll continue to do.

When you get to a certain point in your career, it’s easy to just phone it in, to get complacent. If you’re not careful, you can stop challenging yourself.

My mother and father are big musical heroes of mine. I think it was because it was the first memories that I have of actually hearing music and falling in love with it and wanting to be a part of it in some way.

I remember when ‘I’m Moving On’ came out, and we got the response we did, I thought, ‘Man, this could be for real.’ That was the first time it dawned on me what we had.

There’s nothing worse than looking out and seeing some guy with his arms crossed while you’re singing your heart out on a new song, and he’s going, ‘When are they going to do ‘Me and My Gang?”

Typically, every 14 to 16 months, we’re putting a new album out. To be honest, I wish it was slower.

I draw inspiration from everywhere, whether it’s country, R&B, gospel.

I love making records. That’s my favorite part of the whole process. And I love playing live, but certainly getting the music on a disc that’s going to live forever and be there forever, just every little detail drives me crazy.

We live in the Bible Belt. I was born and raised in church. That’s something that was really, really important to me, to build that foundation with our kids so they at least went to church.

When you sit there, and you sing the chorus – and then you look at each other, and everybody has the hair standing up on their arms – then everybody knows you’ve stumbled onto something.

Constantly writing with new people is important. Also, listening to new music that’s popular and that’s making a splash – that’s how I get motivated.

I’m not really concerned so much with the industry, except in country music, as long as our fans keep coming to the shows and keep buying the records and we keep having success on country radio.

My faith and my beliefs sustain me through all of the craziness that this life brings.

I think, as long as people are doing their craft at a high level, I’m going to have respect for it and find something that appeals to me.

I am living proof – and I know this for a fact – that you can find encouragement and strength through the message that’s in Christian music, because I’ve lived it.

I love all kinds of music.

We love touring. We love being in front of the fans.

It’s weird to think about being introduced as ‘Hall of Fame members Rascal Flatts.’

I think the simple message of that song is what attracted me to ‘Every Day.’ It’s one of those simple yet profound lyrics.

The lines have definitely blurred between country and pop music.

So many people in this world get up every day and go to their nine-to-five job they hate for 12 months a year for 30 years. I kind of do a self-check and evaluation to realize I’m very blessed and grateful to be where I am.

We’ve gotten to do so many great things throughout the years. We’ve gotten to meet presidents. We’ve been able to go to so many wonderful awards shows and meet so many great celebrities.

It’s so much fun to have vocal groups out on the road because we get to see them do their thing, and at the end of the night, we come back, and we all do a big thing together for the encore with ‘American Band.’

Living country is more about your values and beliefs than cowboy hats or living on a farm.

I’m not a perfect human being by any stretch of the imagination. But there is always this little voice inside of me that keeps me where I know I need to be.

We’ve always prided ourselves on putting together a great live show. That’s something that means a lot to us because our bread and butter is the live tour.

I guess, somewhere along the line, when we first came out, somebody thought it was a crime to be young and not wear a cowboy hat and sing country music.

It would be nice sometimes to take a longer break in between projects, but unfortunately, the way that the business is, there’s such a demand for new material on a consistent basis that it’s nearly impossible to do that.

When you put a new show out, you always have a few kinks that you need to iron out, and you need to dial your show in. You figure out over a couple of weeks what songs work well together and what songs may not have the impact you thought they would at that spot in the show.

We were kind of young and a little naive when we first started out in the business.

We were just hoping ‘Prayin’ for Daylight’ wasn’t a complete flop. Selling a million records wasn’t even in our wildest thoughts.

People are always surprised to find this out, but the songs that we write, such as ‘Winner of a Losing Game’ and things like that, tend to be more country than the other stuff that we cut from outside writers.