Brantley Gilbert Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Brantley Gilbert:

If I'm ever having a good time, I'll write about it so I'll remember it.
~Brantley Gilbert


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#9d9cd9a9

For me, a show's a show. I try to put on the best show I can for whatever audience or time slot I get.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#3b854082

It's been cool to catch up, but I think I'm done with my exes. To be honest, I went out with flying colors on the majority of them.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#1460e156

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.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#59e650b7

I just hope my songs mean enough to people. And I feel like you have to live to learn.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#a4ad0df9

If I'm down about something or having problems with something, I can write it down and get it out.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#439e4fb3

There's no smoke and mirrors here.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#d9b744e2

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#98c53344

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.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#d0c0aed0

I've been asked a million times to move to Nashville, but I just can't seem to do it.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#064735b6

I think I definitely get my soft side from my mother.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#793d4eb9

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.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#95a60e86

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#41eceb1c

Every bit of joy in my heart, you know, every smile on my face is yours. It's awesome to be able to share that with somebody.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#b39c6712

I don't sit down to write a country song. I don't sit down to write a rap song. I just sit down to write a song, you know what I mean? And I try to make that song the best it can be.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#eb20eb21

The first time I went to Sturgis, I remember thinking, 'This motorcycle thing, this is me.'
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#1c3f13db

I like being different.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#6bf0f3e3

I'm sticking true to my roots.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#edad8616

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#0abee847

I don't write anything that I hadn't experienced or hadn't been through.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#c87ea025

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.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#91fc2560

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.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#5e3d5f6b

I try to just encompass the entire feeling and emotion behind the song the best way possible, and if that's 100,000 screaming guitars right in your face, then that's what's going down.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#db09a07c

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#be449ae8

I'm as honest as I can possibly be when I write.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#22f445a0

I don't worry about running myself ragged. I worry about being bored.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#733c981f

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#d0b7fcc4

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.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#f47e5521

I'm not real good at surfing, and I'm terrified of sharks. That's, like, one of my main fears. Snakes, sharks, deep water, and commitment. I think those are my four big ones.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#e0b39f0b

My fiancee's the one that's picture worthy.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#d8630410

I got several litmus tests for songs, but usually the people at the publishing company... they're straight-shooters.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#209eef56

My mom's an angel, bless her heart, for everything I put her through.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#61c9472c

Don't get me wrong. There's always situations where when it gets bigger than me, it's time to go talk to mama and daddy and God.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#f6306c7f

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#22486daa

The only thing that makes me uncomfortable is when people that do drink, don't drink around me.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#01acf22c

Those people are the lifeblood of what we do. We don't have fans. We have friends.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#74a144d5

I don't try to be somebody I'm not.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#e6f109e5

Most of my rings are not expensive at all; they're just things that remind me of people that gave 'em to me. And they all have their own stories, their own meanings.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#384c9d8a

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.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#d0e2fa8b

When it came to country, I loved the stories.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#e983dfa1

I always go to my mom's house for Christmas.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#8fefcb84

A lot of people can be cheerleaders for songs and go, 'Oh, that's great,' and they don't think it.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#ae622ec9

I'll flip a stupid tire. But I ain't running.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#945a1161

If you're going to go out doing something, you might as well be fighting for your country or fighting for your life.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#8b86e4cf

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.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#8e9e0eba

Man, I'm 31, talking like I'm 60. I really do feel in control.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#0400aa4e

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.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#e528f907

I'm a very happy man. I've seen how bad it can get, and I'm sure it could get worse if I let it, but all that made me appreciate where I am. Plus, I'm married to a very hot woman who got away.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#e0250f04

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#7f8e68a1

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.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#c47e73fa

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.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#1304c921

I sing about the things that I don't have conversations about.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#4ef93635

I wrote a song with a guy named Brian McKnight, who's a huge R&B guy.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#8b8ac1cf

I've kind of got a rebellious bone. I think I came out of the womb like that.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#64a2e321

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.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#4b5ce1c3

A lot of rap music can get repetitive.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#2aa033af

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.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#f37c49a8

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.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#1a7d7137

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.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#00920e0d

I don't need anything to have a good time or be a hell-raiser. I was born one.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#941b487d

I'm not too good at being fake or being somebody else.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#02fc918a

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.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#11a76251

If the songs I'm writing can offer anything to somebody, I'd like to give myself the opportunity to deliver that.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#ffe327dd

I was kind of torn between playing music or playing college football. I was going to college and really focusing on my music career.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#3253038c

Songwriting is therapeutic for me.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#a3661fd8

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.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#a552103f

We're gonna raise some big bucks and breed 'em and that sorta thing. Pretty excited about that.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#3f08b572

Fame and money and all that - you hear people say it a lot, but they don't mean a thing to me.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#128a1432

Songwriting has always been close to me.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#61481d80

I love Eighties rock.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#bdaa32b6

We've got a lot of friends. We take care of them because they take care of us.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#f0744f9d

If a really, really pretty girl needs a ride home, I'm your guy.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#89f3d729

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.'
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#ee66c927

The girls from my hometown are so over me.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#1e0e818e

I wanted to make sure that if somebody special did come along, I was the kind of man that a woman like her would deserve.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#7566b890

Not to take anything away from artists who don't write their own songs, but it's always been important to me to make sure it's my story.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#12223bff

I'm honored the folks and Bendon understood why I wanted to work with them and Toys for Tots.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#84d79169

I am the type of person that likes to put myself in someone's shoes to 'get' it.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#c0a4789a

I stay on the road so much that my fiancee and I were talking the other night about what I wanted her to cook. I told her I don't even remember what a home-cooked meal is.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#9b349ffa

It's real easy in a lot of businesses for your head to swell up, and you become somebody else. So that's one of my main goals in the business - to continue to be me.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#bacbaf08

I had a CrossFit trainer for two weeks. I fired him.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#13223a25

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.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#fea19eee

I still live in the same town where I grew up.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#68047750

She's definitely an angel sent from above. How can that not rub off on a man? What can I say? I'm a mama's boy.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#f60824a0

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#a7ac2685

A lot of things in my life changed, but I'm still a party animal. I'm leading the pack.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#58f2c76a

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#7da5bd6f

My police record says I went to Panama City, but I don't recall it.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#070b12b4

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.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#b29c4b3f

I don't write about anything I haven't been through.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#77c52e6c

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.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#0b67d259

Being in Nashville was not me, and I needed to go home and reset before I got in over my head.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#6fa8072e

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.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#654b94f3

Cardio's not really my deal.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#c8d2467c

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#e3d1b726

When I started doing music full time, I figured out my job wasn't something I needed to be completely sober for.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#5212cc59

We try to put on the same show regardless of what stage or platform we're on.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#dea3659a

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.
~Brantley Gilbert


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/brantley-gilbert-quotes/#8319bedb

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