We just couldn't seem to get the love from the Nashville awards shows… So Grammys really gave us validation, and so that's why they're such a big deal for us. Zac Brown Awards • Big • Grammys • Love • Nashville • Nashville Awards • Us • Us Validation • Why
I never get used to going out and seeing 20, 30,000 people that are there to see us play. It's kind of surreal. Zac Brown Kind • Never • People • Play • See • Seeing • Surreal • Us
The Doobie Brothers are one of my favorites of all time. Zac Brown Brothers • Doobie Brothers • Favorites • Time
I hope everybody enjoys our input on 'Black Water' – it sure was a lot of fun getting to record it. Zac Brown Black • Black Water • Everybody • Fun • Hope • Input • Lot • Sure • Water
Our boundaries have dissolved, and we're going to still do things that are somewhat familiar that people like, but we're also going to stretch out and take chances beyond what we've done before. Zac Brown Beyond • Boundaries • Done • People • Somewhat Familiar • Things
We're all continuing to grow up and get better as musicians, and the chemistry as a band continues to deepen. Zac Brown Band • Band Continues • Better • Chemistry • Continuing • Grow • Musicians
Not a lot of the country format I enjoy listening to. Zac Brown Country • Country Format • Enjoy • Enjoy Listening • Format • Listening • Lot
If I hear one more tailgate in the moonlight, Daisy Dukes song, I wanna throw up. Zac Brown Daisy • Hear • Moonlight • Moonlight Daisy Dukes • More • Song • Tailgate • Up
I try to be really conscious. I don't want to ever look back and regret not raising my kids and not being around. Zac Brown Around • Back • Conscious • Kids • Look • Regret • Try • Want
Country fans and country listeners deserve to have something better… a song that really has something to say, something that makes you feel something. Zac Brown Better • Country • Deserve • Feel • Say • Something • Song • You
People come up to me sometimes and ask for a picture but don't even say hello. They sort of forget that I'm a person. Zac Brown Forget • Me • People • Person • Picture • Sometimes • Sort
If we had to pose for every single person at the Eat & Greets, we wouldn't get to speak to anyone that's there, and we definitely wouldn't get to serve them food. Zac Brown Eat • Eat Amp Greets • Every Single Person • Food • Person • Pose • Single • Speak
Getting to have a higher purpose other than just being successful is very necessary for me. Zac Brown Being • Higher Purpose • Just • Me • Necessary • Purpose • Successful
There are still great artists in the country format. Zac Brown Artists • Country • Country Format • Format • Great • Great Artists • Still
There are still artists that do a great job with a song, and they care about the lyrics, and it's not just mindless drivel. Zac Brown Artists • Care • Great • Great Job • Job • Just • Lyrics • Song
I had a restaurant in Georgia for a while, and I really miss feeding everybody. Zac Brown Everybody • Feeding • Georgia • Had • Miss • Restaurant
A lot of concerts leave you wanting for something good to eat or drink while you're there. Zac Brown Concerts • Drink • Eat • Good • Leave • Lot • Something Good • You
Our music has been an incredible gift to help us make a difference. Zac Brown Difference • Gift • Help • Incredible Gift • Make A Difference • Music • Us
I always thought it was sad that you couldn't get anything really good to eat at concerts, so we sit down with our fans before every show and eat a gourmet meal that we made for them. Zac Brown Anything • Concerts • Down • Eat • Good • Sad • Thought • You
I'm from Georgia, and everybody gathers around food in the South. Zac Brown Around • Everybody • Food • Gathers • Georgia • South
We bled writing these songs, we bled in the studio, and now we're out bleeding getting them right live. Zac Brown Live • Now • Out • Right • Songs • Studio • Writing
The Southern Ground warehouse is rocking and rolling in Atlanta, with a T-shirt shop and a leather shop; everything we're selling at our shows we're making or publishing ourselves. Zac Brown Atlanta • Everything • Ground • Leather • Selling • Southern Ground Warehouse • Tshirt Shop
We're fabricating a state-of-the-art concessions system for our touring, so we can feed the people and give them everything they need without having to wait on it. Zac Brown Everything • Need • People • Stateoftheart Concessions System • Touring • Wait • Without
The lyrics are so important to me. And that there is something going on in the lyrics. That the song actually has something to say. Zac Brown Going • Important • Lyrics • Me • Say • Something • Song • Song Actually
My brother's 21 years older than me, so I grew up doing more adult things. Like listening to old music. Zac Brown Adult Things • Brother • Doing • Listening • Me • Music • Old music • Up • Years Older
All my siblings being all different ages meant I got exposed to music that was 20-30 years older than me. And that was a big influence. Zac Brown Big • Different Ages Meant • Got • Influence • Me • Music • Siblings • Years
If you break down most rock songs and look at the lyrics on a piece of paper, it's all about melody. It's all about presentation. And a lot of bands are really great, but you can't understand a word of what they say. Zac Brown Bands • Down • Great • Look • Lot • Lyrics • Paper • Piece • Presentation • Rock • Rock Songs • They Say • Word • You
I didn't think I liked country music. Then I got into Garth Brooks. Zac Brown Country • Country Music • Garth • Music • Think
I remember the first time I heard 'The Thunder Rolls.' It was dark, and we were driving to the beach. There was the thunder outside and the thunder in the song. It was eerie. Zac Brown Beach • Dark • Driving • Eerie • First Time • Remember • Song • Thunder Outside • Thunder Rolls • Time
I have seen a lot of people, including myself, make a lot of tip money because of 'Black Water,' so this is a full circle moment. To collaborate and recreate this iconic song is just an amazing moment as an artist. Zac Brown Amazing Moment • Artist • Black Water • Iconic • Lot • Moment • Money • Myself • People • Tip Money • Water
You can de-select the songs that you don't want to have on the record, but I hope we always put something out that has a lot of songs that the majority of people will love. Zac Brown Hope • Love • People • Songs • Want • Will • You
We don't want to abandon any of the market we have now. We just want to gain new market. Zac Brown Gain • Just • Market • New • New Market • Now • Want
We ended up New Year's Eve playin' a show. My date had stood me up, and I remember walkin' back to my friends with, like, two minutes before midnight and thinkin', 'I'm not gonna have anybody to kiss on New Year's.' And there she was, standin' right there, and I remember kissin' her, and then that was game over. Zac Brown Friends • Game • Kiss • Me • New Year • Remember • Show • Stood • Two Minutes • Walkin • Year
In my opinion – in Georgia, there's a town called Lula. And Lula, Georgia, has the best peaches. Zac Brown Best • Georgia • Opinion • Peaches • Town
If I'm chartering in and out and flying home after I play, that doesn't make sense. But where we can bus, then we'll bring the family out and spend time with them during the day. Zac Brown Chartering • Day • Family • Flying • Home • Play • Sense • Time
We love our fans and are very connected with our fans. Zac Brown Connected • Fans • Love • Our • Very
I just hope everybody stays with us. We are not trying to be snobs or jerks. We are in a whirlwind trying to figure out the best way to be accessible. Zac Brown Accessible • Best • Best Way • Everybody Stays • Hope • Jerks • Just • Trying • Us • Way • Whirlwind
It's an honor to live on a legacy, getting to do what we love to do and try to be the best musicians that we can possibly be. Zac Brown Best • Honor • Legacy • Live • Love • Musicians • Try
I'm gonna tell y'all what we tell the crowd every night when we play back in the States. We tell them to remember people sleeping in a sandstorm so that we can be free. Zac Brown Back • Crowd Every Night • Free • Night • People • Remember • Sandstorm • States • Y
When I was growing up, my dad and I would go hunting and camping every weekend. Like everyone in my family, he is an amazing cook, and I've tried to learn a lot from all of them. Zac Brown Amazing • Amazing Cook • Dad • Every Weekend • Everyone • Family • Go • Growing Up • Lot • Weekend
'A Pirate Looks at 40,' we had to do that song. I've been covering that forever. Zac Brown Been • Forever • Had • Looks • Pirate • Song
It's always humbling, knowing where we came from. From being friends with the janitor in the bar and being friends with the waitress – because they were some of the only people that were listening when we finished playing – to this, we are able to appreciate every single person and every single piece of it, because we came from nothing to this. Zac Brown Appreciate • Bar • Friends • Janitor • Knowing • Listening • People • Waitress
We want to support Nashville, support the community there and be a part of it. Zac Brown Community • Nashville • Part • Support • Want
It's important that people come see our show, because we are performers. We wanted people to see that. Zac Brown Because • Important • People • Performers • See • Show
We just kept going down the road, we kept trying to make the next record, the right choices to get there. Zac Brown Choices • Down • Just • Next Record • Right • Right Choices • Road • Trying
I love to smoke things; there's usually something always in the pot outside. That smell of something in the smoker just reminds me of home. Zac Brown Home • Love • Me • Outside • Pot Outside • Smell • Smoke • Smoke Things • Smoker • Something • Usually Something
We're really blessed that we've been as well received as we have been. Zac Brown Been • Blessed • Really • Received • Well
My real name is Joe Kennedy, but if you live in Massachusetts, you can't sign 'Joe Kennedy.' So, back in 1957, I stuck the X on my name to be different from those people in Hyannis Port. X. J. Kennedy Be Different • Joe Kennedy • Live • Massachusetts • Name • People • Real Name • Sign • You
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