The most important thing for me as an artist is having an identity. Eric Church More Quotes by Eric Church More Quotes From Eric Church I have a huge chip on my shoulder. Eric Church chipsshouldershuge I come from a long line of Sinners like me Eric Church like-melineslong I think a lot of times, artists and albums can become formulaic. You're known for a certain thing, and you continue to do that. You just change the subject matter, but it's the same song. And that's what you do. Eric Church artistsongthinking I can't stand making records. Eric Church recordsi-can When you play the bars, you pay your dues. It does matter that you know those things [songs]. And the great thing for me, too, is that I draw on that stuff as influences. It's also stuff that you put in the tank that you pull from to make records. Eric Church tanksplaysong With bullying and all the stuff going on, words are very important. Words can be more hurtful than anything physically. I got little kids, and it's common sense when you're raising them that the main thing is how you talk to people, and how you treat people. Sometimes I think the world forgets that as we get older. Eric Church youbullyingpeopleworld When I'm cutting a tree, if I'm thinking about anything other than that 40-foot oak tree... I'm a dead man. It's a therapy thing for me. Eric Church memantreethinking I would be on the 'anti-reality' show. I can't stand reality TV. I can tell you one that I absolutely would not be on, and that's 'Dancing With the Stars.' If you ever see me on that show, just please understand my family is starving to death, and things are really bad in the Church household. Eric Church mefamilystarsdeath I really love pizza after midnight. Eric Church reallypizzamidnightlove My favorite thing is to go out in the arenas, like, an hour before doors, and run the concourse. And you get that anticipation. You smell the popcorn. You see the people tapping the kegs. And nobody is in there yet but you, but you feel it. It's my favorite thing on tour. Eric Church nobodyfeelyoupeople I think we make too many records. One record a year is crazy to me. But some people have to sell tickets. The label has to meet their quarterly number: 'We need a record a year.' All of a sudden, the tail's wagging the dog. It's not the music; it's everything else making the music. That's just backwards. It's wrong. Eric Church memusicdogpeople There's a roots nature to Appalachia - the origins of folk and bluegrass. I know guys there who are some of the best players I've ever heard but are playing on their porch tonight because they've never chased success. There's simplicity to how they live and what they care about. Eric Church bestsimplicitynaturesuccess I'm not an early riser; I'm a crack-of-noon guy. Eric Church earlyguy Maybe it's oldest-child syndrome, but I have always been competitive, even as a kid with sports. It spills into my career. Eric Church careerkidalwayssports Music is universal; it speaks to people's souls on the deepest level. Eric Church deepestuniversalmusicpeople To me, the most powerful people in this country, politically, are mayors. If you took all the mayors of the 25 biggest cities and you got them together, you could do more on that level than you ever could through the bureaucracy in Washington. Eric Church meyoutogetherpeople When we go out there, I want to be the act that, no matter who's in that crowd, they've never seen a better act than me. I'm gonna empty the tank. Eric Church betternevermematter
