Hearing people clapping draws you in pretty quick. It's like bungee cord jumping - it's a rush; you just want to do it again. Jason Aldean More Quotes by Jason Aldean More Quotes From Jason Aldean I had a friend, Melissa, who was 28 years old. She was my best friend's wife, and she was my wife's best friend. She died of breast cancer. When she passed away back in 2004 was the last time I cried. Jason Aldean cancer friendship years No matter what you do, you're going to have people who have something to say about something you do. You can't please anybody. Jason Aldean no-matter-what matter people You come to a country music show and it's like a rock show, it's so different, it's just not what people think it is, it's really cool and I think that if people just give it a chance they'd see that it's really cool and I think that's what people are finally starting to see. Jason Aldean rocks country thinking I didn't get into music to become famous and I didn't get into music to become rich either - I got into because I liked it. Jason Aldean become-rich rich Yeah I'm chillin' on a dirt road, laid back swervin' like I'm George Jones. Jason Aldean dirt-roads george-jones laid-back I think it's important to do things that you're interested in. I think it's important to have other outlets away from the music industry. Jason Aldean outlets important thinking Now one thing I think is really lame, is if you're an artist and you go to a karaoke bar and sing your own song. I like to get up there and sing stuff that I would never sing on stage anywhere else. Like Neil Diamond. Jason Aldean artist song thinking I'm a country boy. I'm from Georgia. Jason Aldean country-boy boys country I know I'm not gonna please everybody when I make a record. I don't let that affect any of my decisions. Jason Aldean please records decision I had an opportunity to play baseball in college, but I just didn't want to go to school. I started focusing on my music and it was game over! Jason Aldean baseball opportunity school I haven't figured out why people like what they like. I don't know. I wish I did. I could sell that to everybody, man, and be a millionaire. Jason Aldean wish men people I think country music is obviously a great form of music. I think it's cool and has mass appeal. Jason Aldean form country thinking If you say, 'I'm going to cut this song because I know the teenagers are going to love it,' well, then you're going to alienate everybody else. When I cut my record, I'm just going to cut the things that I like, and whoever likes it, likes it. That's too much work to try to figure out the demographic. That's too much like a business. Jason Aldean teenager cutting song There's nothing cooler than a good fitting, worn-in pair of Wrangler jeans, so it's great that with the new Retro line, my fans can go out and rock the same styles that I love. Jason Aldean jeans rocks style Country music artists are staying true to their roots, keeping it country but throwing a little bit of rock flair in there which I think is a good thing. Jason Aldean artist country thinking Country music in the mid-'90s was a big influence on my career, and I played all the songs that are referenced in '94' back in my club days. Joe Diffie was rocking a sick mullet, and he was hotter than ever... just putting out monster hit after monster hit. It totally takes me back to those days, and it makes me smile every time I hear it. Jason Aldean careers song country Obviously when you're making music, you want it to get out to as many people as possible. You want to reach as many people as you can. Jason Aldean want people If the right thing comes along and you get an opportunity to be a part of something you believe in, and you think it's cool and want to put your name on it, then you should. Jason Aldean opportunity believe thinking For every album, I look at where I'm at in my career and think of a title that kind of represents that. And for me, 'Night Train' was kind of a metaphor for where things have gone, from being on one bus with 12 other guys, pulling a trailer my first few years on the road, to now. We're out here with six or seven buses and eight or nine semis. Jason Aldean eight night thinking If you can go out with your live show and turn people on to that, where you have that fan base that's religious and they're going to come see you when you're in that town, once your radio success is gone and you're not a mainstream guy anymore you can still go out and play your shows. Jason Aldean religious play people
