This is Judge( Kevin) Judge Sharp and Chris Young. This is the man that had to give me two life sentences, but I knew it was not something that he wanted to do. He wasn't choosing for me to have two life sentences. America and its judicial systems chose that. ... It's called a mandatory minimum and it means exactly that -- it is mandatory. So I knew he had no choice.

Chris Young

I think it's a concerted effort that there is too much money to be made here and (they're) not going to be deterred by the structural or cultural defenses (anymore), i think that Elliott - given their size, their relative aggressiveness versus other activists – are saying we've got the capital, we've got the patience that's necessary and we're going to try to now unlock Europe.

Chris Young

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I don't think breakups are ever easy for anybody. If they are, they aren't much of a breakup.

Chris Young

anybody think breakup easy

If you were to ask me when I was 17 if I was mad because I didn't have a deal, I would have probably said, 'Yeah.' Now I'm so glad I got it when I got it. People tell you to be patient and wait. Patience is not a virtue of mine, but I think everything definitely happened the right way for me.

Chris Young

me you patience people

Everybody has their favorite sad songs. That's part of what I love so much about country music. Country music is never afraid to go with a sad song.

Chris Young

sad music song love

The only thing I want to be known as is a country singer. I want people to hear it and go, 'That's country!'

Chris Young

go want country people

We didn't have a whole lot of cash growing up. My mom was a single parent for a while before my stepdad came into the picture.

Chris Young

picture growing-up parent mom

I played a funeral convention once. York Casket Company pays well, in case anyone's wondering!

Chris Young

wondering well company funeral

My standing gig in college was playing the El Chico patio on Murfreesboro Road. I got $100, tips, and free quesadillas.

Chris Young

road free standing college

It's amazing to me how often the answer to making something sound better is to play something less.

Chris Young

amazing better me sound

I grew up loving Vince Gill. That guy sounds just like his record - or better than his record. I've always been such a fan.

Chris Young

loving better like always

I really love something that's strong vocally and a little more difficult to sing because it's fun.

Chris Young

difficult strong fun love

The only piece of advice I've ever given anybody is learn to write songs and write as many songs as you can. Because it's never gonna hurt, and when you run into that problem of, 'God, I don't know what I want to say,' or the opposite problem of, 'I know exactly what I want to say, but no one has written it,' then you can just go write it yourself.

Chris Young

yourself you hurt god

When I was making my second record, I was in studio, and I was like, 'No more ballads! Absolutely not!' And somebody walked in with 'The Man I Wanna Be' and I heard it and was like, 'Ah, crap!'

Chris Young

somebody more like man

Some of my favorite records growing up were Christmas albums. The ones I liked best were the albums that you could listen to from start to finish. You could put them on while you're decorating the tree or driving around looking at Christmas lights.

Chris Young

best you christmas tree

I'm a sucker for a sad song.

Chris Young

sucker sad song

Everybody influences everybody else, in my opinion. There are different trends in music all the time. No matter who starts them, if it's a true trend in the music, it ends up influencing other people as well.

Chris Young

opinion music time people

I'm a big fan of breakfast food. Literally, the simplest thing in the world - if you can scramble eggs without burning them, I'll eat them. It doesn't matter what time of the day it is.

Chris Young

day you time food

We always pray before we go on stage. It's just something that I've always done. For me, it's a big thing, and the guys in the band seem to appreciate doing it, so we do it at every show.

Chris Young

doing me appreciate done

I'm a huge fantasy football fan.

Chris Young

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My favorite part is, once a song is out there to the public, having someone come up and tell their own story about why one of your songs resonated with them. It's an incredible feeling.

Chris Young

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