Top 60 Brantley Gilbert Quotes

I’m sticking true to my roots.

You meet people in the business and wonder how compassionate they are.

I wrote a song with a guy named Brian McKnight, who’s a huge R&B guy.

There’s nothing like having somebody that loves every single bit of you, and that you love the same way, to actually, really share it with.

What you see is what you get, and the majority of people in my life that loan me clothes know that they’ve never seen me in a suit.

I’m a country guy from a small town, you know, and it comes across as real because it is.

It’s a little less stressful as a support act, because the headliner carries the majority of the weight. But as a headliner, we get to play a little bit longer.

For me, I write some songs that are really important to me, and I’ve got some feedback where some of them help folks and inspire people.

We’re gonna raise some big bucks and breed ’em and that sorta thing. Pretty excited about that.

The first time I went to Sturgis, I remember thinking, ‘This motorcycle thing, this is me.’

I’ve been in situations before where something was going on, and that’s the only way you can kinda cope with it is to write about it.

I’ve kind of got a rebellious bone. I think I came out of the womb like that.

I’ve always been that way where, if something doesn’t work out the first time, I won’t try to beat a dead horse.

Being on stage and on a motorcycle are two of the only places I feel comfortable and free. Those are my happy places.

I always go to my mom’s house for Christmas.

Songwriting is therapeutic for me.

A lot of rap music can get repetitive.

Every place you go to, they have their own little flair.

When I had my wreck, it really just put everything into perspective and really opened my eyes. I’ve always been one of those guys that thought ‘it will never happen to me.’

I am the type of person that likes to put myself in someone’s shoes to ‘get’ it.

I write about things and put things into my albums that I don’t talk to people about. I don’t hold back or sugarcoat anything.

Songwriting has always been close to me.

My mom’s an angel, bless her heart, for everything I put her through.

I’m one of the few people I’ve ever met who is blessed enough to be able to love the one who got away.

I’m honored the folks and Bendon understood why I wanted to work with them and Toys for Tots.

We’ve got a lot of friends. We take care of them because they take care of us.

I’m not too good at being fake or being somebody else.

I think I definitely get my soft side from my mother.

When it came to rock, I was always drawn to guitars.

I like to lift and do cardio to stay in shape, so I can walk the dog on somebody, and I like to be strong, but running 10 miles or a decathlon? That don’t support my interests.

The only thing that makes me uncomfortable is when people that do drink, don’t drink around me.

I don’t try to be somebody I’m not.

I tell everybody, ‘If you want to get to know me, if you listen to those three records, you’ll have a really good idea.’ They were released at different time periods in my life, and those are the things I was going through.

I just sit down and write the best song for the best moment, and however it comes out, it is what it is.

If a really, really pretty girl needs a ride home, I’m your guy.

Looking back, we had the hard time, but the privilege, of actually coming up playing biker bars and little bitty college bars.

I don’t need anything to have a good time or be a hell-raiser. I was born one.

When it came to country, I loved the stories.

I was fortunate enough to have a situation in my life where everything did shake out and hit rock bottom, and I did see who was standing there and really saw who had my back for real.

There’s a song called ‘My Faith’ that’s kind of my spiritual song on my record. It’s a little bit of my softer side of me, comin’ out of left field a little bit.

I don’t write anything that I hadn’t experienced or hadn’t been through.

We try to put on the same show regardless of what stage or platform we’re on.

Fame and money and all that – you hear people say it a lot, but they don’t mean a thing to me.

I don’t write about anything I haven’t been through.

If I read a script in the future that I feel like I could have a little fun with or that reflects me well, it may be one of those things that I try out. But, of course, music’s my number one priority.

I take a lot of pride in being able to say that what you see is what you get.

From the R&B side, I’ve always been a huge Brian McKnight fan. He’s just as talented as it gets vocally, and as a musician. I think it’d be real cool to do something with him.

I always knew I wanted to be a performer. I started playing when I was in third grade, but I wasn’t very good at all.

I don’t sit down to write a number one hit. I’m not that good at my job – I don’t know how to do that.

I wanted to go where the people work hard, throw down, and really needed the party… Saginaw is all that and then some. I looked in those faces – and I knew, these people mean business.

I got several litmus tests for songs, but usually the people at the publishing company… they’re straight-shooters.

Main thing, really, is I write songs the way I wanna hear them and the way I think the people that come to our shows wanna hear them.

It’s not just music. To me, it’s songwriting more than anything. A lot of people say it’s expression, but to me, it’s more than that.

Some people wear their heart on their sleeve; I do that in more ways than one.

A friend is someone who supports you. And these people are buying tickets at outrageous ticket prices. If that ain’t support, I don’t know what is.

I had a CrossFit trainer for two weeks. I fired him.

I’ve got my head screwed on in the right direction, for the most part. It may be turned a little bit to the left, but we’re getting there.

I’m old school. We’re from a small town in Georgia, and I think if we do pictures before the wedding, I think I’m gonna be blindfolded.

I don’t want to release a CD; I want to release the real deal, so we’re just gonna take our time.

Those people are the lifeblood of what we do. We don’t have fans. We have friends.