Dierks Bentley Quotes
I have been waiting a long time for this. It's been my dream forever. Now that it's a reality, I love it. I haven't been burnt out at all and I have a bunch of guys with me that feel the same way.
I'm thinking of you, that's all I do, all the time. You're always the first and the last thing on this heart of mine. No matter where I go, or what I do, I'm thinking of you.
When I was 13, I was just figuring out how to play 'Eruption,' poorly, by Eddie Van Halen.
You cant write about stuff you dont know about. You have to live it. You have to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty. Live life to be a good songwriter.
I also was a huge 'Dukes of Hazzard' fan. I used to have T-shirts that said 'Dierks of Hazzard' custom-made.
My dad and grandpa were in the army and as a country singer you're constantly playing at military bases all across the country and meeting soldiers and their families and hearing their stories.
I'm a huge fan of Billy Idol. I spiked my hair every day like him in 7th and 8th grade.
I think the great country songs mixed with some of that bluegrass instrumentation - and surrounding all that with a little bit of a rock vibe and energy - is the kind of music I make.
That's what I love about Nashville and the music community - seeing kids around acoustic music and bluegrass picking parties is the best.
When you go to the Opry for a show or hear it on the radio, you get the whole circle of country music.
So darlin' if your wonderin' why I brought you here tonight I wanna be your husband I want you to be my wife I ain't got much to give you but what I got means everything Its my last name
I try to make an album that reflects what I love about country music. It's not just all about happy parties all the time. There are some sad songs.
And I'm the biggest country fan there is, but I'm always a little cautious of a slower song or just a song with subject matter.
No, as an artist, you have to be free to explore all the corners of your heart. There are no boundaries.
As a songwriter, you might write every day and throughout the course of a year you might get four songs that are really special.
In Vegas, everyone lets their hair down a little bit and it's a little looser. You expect to see some different stuff and hear some different stuff. Even the red carpet is different here.
My wife is cool enough to let me write about personal things, to be a songwriter exploring the shadowy sides of love.
A Sunday morning spent reading the paper together, maybe drinking some mimosas, alone, and talking until noon. That would be pretty amazing. Married couples with kids will understand.
Only in country music can you compare an old pickup truck and an old guitar to your wife and turn it into a love song... Thank God for country music.
