I started to sing after high school, and I may have dreamed about being Randy Travis a time or two.

Cole Swindell

Categorized in : High School Time High School

All I've ever wanted is a nice truck, and that's what I got.

ever got truck nice

I remember this song by Clay Walker that came out in the '90s called 'This Woman and This Man,' and it was about breaking up, loss, the pain of moving on, and my parents were just getting divorced at the time, so I listened to it over and over again.

woman man moving-on time

That's why I fell in love with country music: it made me feel something.

feel me music love

When you find what you love, and you find people that will support you, you're living the dream whatever you do.

you support love people

I was the kid jamming out to the songs on the radio, and now there's hopefully kids out there jamming out to my music.

kid now radio music

I want people to know that I appreciate every piece of music they buy and every concert ticket because that's what keeps this going. Knowing that people are coming to the shows and enjoying my music makes every long day worth it.

day music long people

You play shows all over the country and hope that radio gets a chance to get out to see you, but that doesn't always happen like that.

you chance hope country

I want people to know that I'm not just 'Chillin' It.' I'm a real person. There's heartbreak and trials, and I hope I put that in my music.

know music hope people

The older I get, the more special time with family gets.

more family special time

There's families all across the country that miss people, but there's nothing like military families.

miss nothing country people

I know that a lot of our troops like country music. I would love to do anything I could to just help them out.

know music love country

I'm just glad to be singing songs that touch people.

touch just singing people

I'm a Georgia Southern boy.

boy georgia southern

Growing up, all I did was play sports. I always loved music, but I never even thought I'd be on stage one day.

loved day music sports

After I went to college, I realized that no matter how much I loved sports, I was ready to have fun, and that was right when I started to sing.

have-fun loved fun sports

I was a business major, but the more I played music and the more I got into songwriting, I realized this is what I loved, but I kept asking myself, 'Is this what I'm supposed to do - move to Nashville?'

loved myself music business

For me, that first album, there was a lot of fun stuff.

album first me fun

'You Should Be Here' set the tone that, 'Alright everybody, I want you to listen to this album.

listen here you want

It matters if people believe you or not.

matters you believe people

As an artist, as a person, I don't want to be here for just a little while.

person just artist want