Singing allowed me to express myself in ways that I wouldn't be able to do otherwise. 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 gentlegiantsfans 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 realthinking 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 basketballinspirationalschool 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-daysongyears 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-personcoldreturn 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 writingsongmorning 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 publicityhomeyears 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 heardstuffmoving I'm definitely not going to go and sing a song that condones certain things. Josh Turner certainsong 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 proudwho-i-amfather I like to fish when it's not too hot. Josh Turner fisheshot 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 guyattentionrooms 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 squaresfeethome 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 opportunitysportsschool 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 knivesfansson 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 darkmaytalking I grew up around people that enjoyed life day to day and found pleasure in simple things. Josh Turner pleasuresimplepeople 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 peopleworld 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 hymnsrealsong A No. 1 record is hard to come by. Josh Turner hardrecords
