This is just strictly me wanting to make a record that is the real deal. It is all the stuff that I have learned and know that I remember. It's what I perceive as country music is about. Vince Gill More Quotes by Vince Gill More Quotes From Vince Gill Through music you learn not to care about the color of someone's skin. Vince Gill care color skins I am not struggling. What I do, it is what I do. Vince Gill struggle Everything I've done feels like I'm just as much a part of it as if I was the producer. It's still the same job: all of us together figuring out the common good for a song. That's the only thing that matters. It's not like, "I'm the boss, and I'm gonna tell you what to play." Vince Gill play song jobs I am responsible for me. I can kind of take care of what I need to do and should do what I like to do. Vince Gill care kind needs With The Key, it was, I had gone through a divorce and losing my father, and just kinda really reminiscing about how much I loved the traditional side of country music, so I made a record that was really traditional from start to finish. Vince Gill divorce country father When you lose people that are close to you it brings everything into focus, and the rest kind of gets put on the back burner. Vince Gill focus kind people We all get caught up in the process, especially when you have a wave of success. But to me, being creative is not about rehashing everything you've done over and over. It's to continue to grow, continue to get better. Vince Gill get-better creative done Yes, the companionship is amazing. You know, you can get that physical attraction that happens is great, but then there's an awful lot of time and the rest of the day that you have to fill. Vince Gill physical-attraction companionship awful At the end of the day, all people want to do is hear a great singer sing a great song. They don't care about what vocal changes it went through. You can't screw up a great song and a great singer. Vince Gill the-end-of-the-day song people Even when I'm touring, I feel like a sideman ... everybody's working together. We get to play longer solos; it's not just "Here's the record! Thank you for coming Goodnight" ... it has always had a "band" feel instead of being a singer and his backup band. Vince Gill music working-together play I do not like being famous. I like being normal. Vince Gill being-famous normal fame It's so much more interesting when you're human. I hate making mistakes, but I'm not afraid of 'em. Vince Gill hate mistake interesting When I look back, I don't remember the best of the best. I don't remember arena shows with 20,000 people. I remember funky little bar gigs where nobody shows up. The weirdest of the weird are what you retain. Vince Gill arena bars people It really does take a lot of time to make records, to be in the studio and do all that stuff. Vince Gill records doe stuff My last two records that I made were both quite pointed in one direction and I think I do my best stuff when it's all over the map, when there's a couple traditional things, a couple pretty rocking things. Vince Gill one-direction couple thinking It is not fun singing about losing somebody like that, but at the same time it was easy to write because the memories were so real and vivid and so much a part of who I am. Vince Gill real fun memories I had just lost my dad and I remembered all the songs we used to go and hear at concerts, and the records around the house and sometimes we'd play together. Vince Gill dad play song I'm a musician, so for the most part I've always thought that the musicians were equally as inspiring to listen to - maybe more so, in some cases - in addition to the artists. Vince Gill musician cases artist Whether it is successful or not is not the exercise for me. It is not up to me. It is out of my hands now. I am not going to in two years have hindsight and say I made a big mistake. Vince Gill successful exercise mistake You can't define the ache that's in George's voice. It's just something inherently him. It doesn't need definition. It doesn't need clarification. It doesn't need a lot of things. You just sit back and appreciate it. It's just greatness. Vince Gill appreciate greatness voice
