It's hard sometimes to capture magic when it comes to live records. Josh Turner More Quotes by Josh Turner More Quotes From Josh Turner Who's not a fan of Don Williams? He's the gentle giant. Josh Turner gentle giants fans The life that I live and the experiences that I have always affect what comes out of me creatively. I think that's what makes music real. Josh Turner real thinking I play basketball all the time. Me and my band play every week on the road. That's something that I've never really given up since high school. Josh Turner basketball inspirational school My granddaddy on my momma's side, he was a romantic. He loved love songs. Every Valentine's Day, I remember him buying a red carnation for my grandmomma, my momma and my sister. That was something you could count on every year. Josh Turner valentines-day song years When a copier sales person cold calls a purchasing manager whom he has never met is it any surprise that the purchasing manager will most likely never return that call? Josh Turner sales-person cold return I remember those days right after I graduated from college. All I had to do was wake up in the morning and think about writing songs. It's not like that anymore, needless to say. Josh Turner writing song morning My first full year of touring, I did 300 days on the road. That was not including the travel time or publicity or anything else - that was just dates. I was home probably less than 50 days that year. Josh Turner publicity home years I've listened to a lot of outside stuff and just haven't really heard anything that moves me. I don't know if I'm getting old and crotchety or what. Josh Turner heard stuff moving I'm definitely not going to go and sing a song that condones certain things. Josh Turner certain song I'm always showing pictures off. I have to be careful who I show them to because of who I am, obviously, but I'm a proud father. Josh Turner proud who-i-am father I like to fish when it's not too hot. Josh Turner fishes hot I haven't always been the guy that walks into a room and automatically the attention is on me. I'm normally the guy that stands off in the corner. Josh Turner guy attention rooms What I did to celebrate was I went home to my 535-square-foot apartment by myself and ate supper by myself. That was how I celebrated getting a record deal. Josh Turner squares feet home There were only 75 people in my graduating class at the school I attended in Hannah, S.C. It was a small school and that translated into not a lot of opportunities when it came to music. We had academic and sports programs but we never had a consistent music program. We would have a band one year, and a chorus one year, but nothing ever lasted. Josh Turner opportunity sports school The coolest gift I've ever gotten from a fan was from the Franklin Mint. It was a knife, and it had a picture of General Wade Hampton, who my oldest son is named after. It's a collector's item and came with a case and a stand and everything. Josh Turner knives fans son I'm a sinner just like everybody else and I have my faults and I've been through my dark times in my life to where I wasn't walking the walk and talking the talk, or I may have been talking the talk, but I wasn't walking the walk. Josh Turner dark may talking I grew up around people that enjoyed life day to day and found pleasure in simple things. Josh Turner pleasure simple people It's so cool for me to do what I love to do for a living and meet people from all over the world. Josh Turner people world I grew up going to a real small missionary baptist church. We would sing a lot of the old standards... the hymns and everything. Those songs are still my favorite and are pretty timeless. Josh Turner hymns real song A No. 1 record is hard to come by. Josh Turner hard records
