Kenny Chesney Quotes

I'm like a shark. I've got to be constantly moving.

I don't think I ever feel sexy. I don't think that's for me to decide, if I'm sexy or not.

I can't believe that I get to stand on the stages I stand on every summer, and get to sing the songs that I sing.

Social topics may hit too close to home for people, but then again, if you pull a heartstring, then that's what country music is. It's not just songs about getting drunk and leaving your girl.

Every Christmas my hometown radio station would always play 'Christmas In Dixie' by Alabama. I always remember lovin' that song.

Record labels today are much less patient: Artists have a bad record, and they're gone.

I love the fact that I can go out there on stage with a guitar and sing a song that means something to somebody.

First and foremost, I consider myself a songwriter.

Being famous is uncomfortable because I grew up very simply. Everything revolved around friends, family, church and sports.

In 1994 I bought my first tour bus. I still own it and believe it or not it's still out on the road on my tour.

In 21 years there are a lot of ups and downs. There are melancholy times. There are sad times. There are happy times. There are unsure times. There are life lessons.

I need to recharge creatively, and get off the clock of having to be somewhere just because, and having to keep juggling all these things.

It's very hard for me to relax.

We leaned on family, church, school, friends and sports. That's basically all we had. All those things really shaped my life and shaped me musically. It's why I write the way I do.

I felt as a human being I needed to take a pause and reflect on a lot of stuff that's happened. That was really good for me. And to get some of the ringing out of my years from all the amps on stage.

If I'm 40 years old and wearing a 30 waist, that's pretty good.

Ive always been drawn to the ocean.

I love you baby goodnight. There goes my life

I grew up in east Tennessee, and everybody knew everybody's business.

On the road, in my bunk, I sleep better than I do anywhere else in the world.

Nothing positive at all in my life came from my marriage, I can tell you that.

The beauty is that it's all a part of this wonderful dream I had in college. It's beautiful to see what it's turned into. It's the journey that I'm most proud of.

I feel that energy up there on stage. The band, the crew and our road family - the look in their eyes - they're so happy to be back doing what we love to do.

I want to spend more time with my family.

The thing that I love, especially after sound check, is when I'm in that stadium alone. It's complete silence. I love that.

I'm glad I took that time to work really hard on the music. I feel the effects of that now in a positive way with my connection with the audience.

I hate album covers where people are just smiling so big. It's like a neon sign that says PLEASE COME BUY ME.

I don't really lose my temper that much, but when somebody mistreats my guys, I just go crazy.

I realized that I wanted to get better in every way. As a person, as a friend, as a songwriter, as a musician, as an artist, record producer, you name it.

There's this emotion we all feel of being overwhelmed at times, feeling that you can't get ahead. For me it's self-imposed because I'm so driven and I'm always going from project to project.

There are only so many hours you can sit on the bus and watch TV or play basketball or whatever we do to pass the time before we go out onstage.

Before, I was more concerned with getting on the radio, like many young artists.

When I try to brush the road dust off of me and untangle all the wires in my head, I'm usually surrounded by music on a boat. But that's not how I wake up every day.

I can say that I don't see myself with the foot on the gas pedal as hard as it's been down for 16 years.

When I'm onstage I just want to feel as comfortable as I possibly can.

When I was playing for tips in college, I felt a fire in my soul. I had the same principle of focus that I had learned playing football.

I like to rock and roll, but I'm a mushy guy, too. I want to be the guy that all the girls love and all the guys want to hang out with.

I'm a big sports history buff. I love sports.

There were [in 21] all those times in my life that I didn't know this was going to happen. I didn't know if anybody was going to care about our music.

I hate my smile. I always have, even in my school pictures when I was a little kid.

I can stay on my boat for a few weeks if I have a guitar and a girl and a Bob Marley CD. After that, I've got to move around.

When I'm onstage I feel changed.

I drink a few beers, and I've smoked a little pot. But I'm too health conscious to do it regularly. I run a lot. I don't smoke cigarettes. Pot is the hardest thing I've tried, really.

There's this idea that somebody's job could be more important than somebody else's, and to me, that's not true.

I think it is possible to be friends with employees, but there has to be a respect level where you're not taken advantage of, either.

I don't really drink before a show. That's my only drinking rule. Especially with today's cell-phone cameras, there's no win to it.

I have 120 employees on the road every day, and about 30 other employees off the road.

I'm a huge Aerosmith fan.

Believe it or not, I want to keep growing my audience.

We don't have to miss each other, come over We don't have to fix each other, come over We don't have to say forever, come over You don't have to stay forever, come over