If you're true to yourself, it doesn't matter where you record your music or where you say you're from. I am an artist from Texas, proud to be from Texas, but I play my own kind of music, my brand of country music. Cody Johnson More Quotes by Cody Johnson More Quotes From Cody Johnson I am who I am and I don't think you can put a label on it. Cody Johnson i-am-who-i-am who-i-am thinking In the back of my mind, I want it to do well, but at the end of the day I literally just got down on my knees and prayed - "However you want this thing to go lord, let it go that way." Low and behold, it did what it did and it's doing what it's doing. I'm just trying to sit in the saddle on this deal, just trying to stay on board! Cody Johnson let-it-go the-end-of-the-day mind I just continue to be myself and give this thing over to the good lord, just do my best every night and pretend like it's just any other job. Cody Johnson jobs giving night When your songs are like your babies, even the one that you know aren't great, you still love. Cody Johnson like-you song baby I think everything moving forward will just be instinctual, like we'll know exactly which doors to walk through when they open. Cody Johnson doors moving thinking I think if you expect it to do well, you come off a little bit cocky. Cody Johnson cocky littles thinking I try not to keep my head in the clouds . Cody Johnson head-in-the-clouds clouds trying As far as the persona, I'm true to myself. Not because I'm arrogant, but I'm true to myself because I believe that you have to stand for something. When you start sacrificing that, even if it's just a line in a song or something you say on the mic at a show, or the way you treat someone when you see them out in public, that all reflects on who you are. Cody Johnson sacrifice song believe In the back of your mind you always want it to be successful and you want things to happen, but I've learned in my life that if you want something too much, even when it happens it may not be what you wanted if you set your expectations too high. Cody Johnson want-something successful expectations It wasn't just Willie and Waylon, there were a lot of influences there. The coolest thing about this, is after getting to listen back to all these mixes is realizing that this record is like a bag of Skittles; every time you pull something out, it's a different flavor. But they're all Skittles. They're all Cody Johnson. Cody Johnson bags records different Ultimately, these fans that we're blessed enough to have, the ones who pay money for tickets to come see us live, that's the bread and butter. That's the basis of what this is. Before I ever had the chance to record an album, the live show is what it's been about. Cody Johnson records albums blessed I try to make sure that, when I'm writing, I don't put too much Cody in it. But I don't want to lose it either. Cody Johnson want writing trying All I can focus on right now is playing that record as best we can each night on stage, and that every article or radio spot that I do gives the best depiction of what we're trying to say with this record. The next door will open when it's time to open, and hopefully I'll be lead into the right one. Cody Johnson doors giving night I think my brand of country music is that's been influenced by not just the rough-stock rodeo side or Ted Nugent's "let's get crazy style", but also the stand-up and sing style's like George Strait and Merle Haggard, and also the wild side of Chris Ledoux Cody Johnson crazy country thinking I absolutely believe that what you sing and how you act when you're in this position, should be the definition of who you are and where your heart and character stands. Cody Johnson heart character believe It's really helped a ton in the sense that we get to reach people who don't normally know our music. At least once a night at a show someone will come up to the merch table after the show and say they've never heard of me but they saw me on Troubadour, TX, and it reminds me that I'm not Elvis and anything I can do to get my name out there is beneficial in every way. Cody Johnson names night people When you're in a room with a guy who has a vision like that, it's just one of those things where you close your eyes and just see that vision - then you just go with it. The guys that I write with are so incredible, just like my producer Trent Willmon, those guys know how to bring things out of me - especially things that I maybe didn't even know that I had. Cody Johnson guy eye writing I hate to say stuff like this because everyone dreams about playing The Opry, everyone dreams about playing Gruene Hall, but I've always tried to not concentrate too hard on where I want to go because I know if I put too much stock into it, it would be pretty disappointing if I never got there. Cody Johnson hate would-be dream I'd love to do a live record, I'd love to do an acoustic record, I'm already thinking about what I may want to do with the next studio record. Cody Johnson records may thinking I have a conscience, man, and I've worked really hard to keep it where you would feel like you were talking to the same man at one of my shows or sitting down at my dinner table. Cody Johnson sitting talking men
