After my first No. 1 song back in 2006, I worried I may never have another one. Jason Aldean More Quotes by Jason Aldean More Quotes From Jason Aldean The worst gig story I have is from a club in Alabama that I think is still up and running, so I won't name the name of the club. We got hired in there to play, and the owner was pretty annoying. He kept coming up to me during the show and asking me to play 'Purple Rain.' Jason Aldean rainrunningthinking There are people out there who are into traditional country music and for those people you have artists like Brad Paisley and Josh Turner and Alan Jackson. Then you have artists with a progressive style of country music, like myself and Eric Church and Luke Bryan and Miranda Lambert. Jason Aldean artistcountrypeople Gimme some of that you and me, Jason Aldean wild-and-freesongcountry She gets on you under your skin like a tattoo she'll always be there! Jason Aldean tattoosongcountry I don't know if Nashville will ever be ousted as the Music City. But I also think that here, over the last few years, Georgia has definitely kind of risen to the top as far as the crop of young artists coming out of this area that are kind of making waves, you know? Jason Aldean nashvilleartistthinking My goal is that when the last song is over, and you're walking back to the parking lot, you're already on your phone searching to find the next show. Jason Aldean phonesgoalsong You're not going to hear me singing songs about Wall Street because I don't know anything about that. Jason Aldean wallsingingsong The 'Night Train' has already been a crazy ride for me. We flew around making TV appearances and stadium announcements all over the country, fueled by little more than coffee and adrenaline... so many fans jumped on board with us, and I couldn't be more thankful. Jason Aldean coffeecrazycountry You don't want to get too ahead of yourself and go out thinking you can play stadiums every night, and they end up being about half-full. Jason Aldean playnightthinking I think when you wear the brand anyway, why not go out and try to promote it and make it as cool as you can? The fact that I can continue to do what I've always done and kind of become the face of that brand is to me, kind of just makes sense. It doesn't make sense not to do it I guess. Jason Aldean why-nottryingthinking I think great songs can come from anywhere and you constantly have to be able to look out for those. I think a lot of the times people will try too hard to write everything themselves and therefor miss out on great songs that way. Jason Aldean writingsongthinking I don't really think that audiences are that much different. I think that a fan is the same whether you are from here or from Japan - you come to a show because you like the music. I don't really see much of a difference anywhere. Jason Aldean japandifferencesthinking There are a lot of people out there that really aren't that different than me, I consider myself a pretty average guy, so hopefully they understand me and know where I am coming from. I kinda feel like I am a voice for them. Jason Aldean voiceaveragepeople People see you onstage and the glamorous side, but they don't see you traveling 600 miles a night, eating truck stop food and spending by yourself staring at walls. Jason Aldean wallnightpeople That's kind of fuse for the show - those first 10-15 seconds you're onstage. The curtain drops and you see the crowd for the first time and they see you for the first time. The response and the energy that's going on right there - to me, that sets the tone for the rest of the night. Jason Aldean meyoutimenight We call them impact songs, and people buy impact songs. But you just never know what those songs are going to be. One of those songs that really went through the roof for us was 'Big Green Tractor,' which I thought was kind of a fun little ditty song that I never in a million years thought would be as big as it was. But it was. Jason Aldean yougreensongpeople But for me, I thought you made a record, you got on a bus, went out and played your shows and made a lot of money. That was the way it was supposed to go down. But there's a lot more to it than that. There are a lot of early mornings, late nights, a lot of traveling, a lot of being away from home, being away from your family. Jason Aldean mefamilymoneyhome My producer, Michael Knox, he's kind of my eyes and ears on Music Row. While I'm out on the road, he's looking for songs, and then he and I will get together and go over songs. Jason Aldean eyeslookingmusictogether When I was a kid, we went to St. Augustine, Fla., and I was lying on the couch one night with a Q-tip, cleaning my ear out after I'd taken a shower. I hit my arm on something, jabbed the Q-tip through my ear drum, busted my ear drum and couldn't get back in the water the rest of the time we were there. Jason Aldean resttimewaternight I'm trying to get an acting gig on 'CSI' or something like that, so we'll see how that works out. I'm a singer, definitely not an actor, so I just follow directions. Jason Aldean followsingerseetrying
