We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we all take a little of each other everywhere. Tim McGraw More Quotes by Tim McGraw More Quotes From Tim McGraw When you get in the middle of a career and you're successful, people come and offer you things. My biggest fear was that if you try to do something else and you're trying to build your music career, and then you say, "I'm going to go do a movie," and you're terrible, you can really hurt your music career because as a musician, the goal is to be cool. You're playing the guitar and you're in front of all these people and your vibe is to be as cool as you can possibly be. Tim McGraw guitar successful hurt I grew up in Louisiana, and I grew up with a dysfunctional family with some very serious abuse from my stepfather, who could be a very beautiful person on one hand and be terrible on the other, so it leaves your soul troubled as a child. Tim McGraw beautiful children hands I guess some things never change. Tim McGraw never-change You stand by me, and you believe in me like nobody ever has. When my world goes crazy, you're right there to save me. You make me see how much I have. Tim McGraw stand-by-me crazy believe I feel like that I'm learning all the time. I'm learning from new artists, from established artists... every time I listen to '70s rock 'n' roll records, I'm learning. And I think that I'm just now starting to get a hold on what I do. Tim McGraw rocks artist thinking The trouble with never is never, never works. Tim McGraw trouble expression If you don't feel comfortable with the Red Cross, anything that you feel comfortable sending money to -- that you know is going to get to the hurricane victims -- send money. Because that's what you can do to help. And a lot of prayers. Lots of prayers. Tim McGraw hurricanes red prayer I mean, I grew up riding. I can't ever remember not being able to ride or rope and all that stuff. It was part of my life growing up, so it was fun for me. Tim McGraw growing-up fun mean We're very blessed, just very fortunate to have the things we have. Tim McGraw fortunate blessed I mean as long as I have been doing music I know I am only 30% of what I could be and want to be. Tim McGraw want long mean I like the values in Flicka, and I wanted to do a movie my kids could see and be proud of. Tim McGraw proud wanted kids You know, we're very private, and I think that we really separate and try to keep our privacy to ourselves. There's things that people assume a lot of times, and we understand that people are interested, but we really try to keep our family life private as much as we can. Tim McGraw trying people thinking I don't even trust myself in my career much less giving somebody else advice. Tim McGraw careers advice giving I think country music is about honesty. Any art has to have honesty to start with, as the core of it. I mean, they're just going to manipulate you in one way or the other, but there has to honesty at the core of it. Tim McGraw honesty country art I didn't want to play a rancher. I didn't want to have a cowboy hat on; I wanted to get away from that in the things I do. But I read the script and fell in love with it. As hard as I tried to say no, I couldn't. Tim McGraw cowboy want play One of the most memorable live performances of my career took place on the 2002 American Music Awards show when I had to the opportunity to sing with Elton John. I was moved by the way he played the piano onstage. Tim McGraw careers memorable opportunity But I was so wrapped up in sports growing up as a kid, that I think I was going to grow to be a pro ball player. But I found out real quick that was not going to happen. Tim McGraw growing-up sports children I love my wife more than anything in the world, but boy when she had our babies, it quadrupled. There's just something about the connection. Tim McGraw wife baby boys I try not to worry about other people's music. But if there's one thing that I hear these days, it's that people try and put [music] down so tight that they take all the color out of it. Tim McGraw color worry people There's rises and falls and ups and downs in all music. Tim McGraw rise-and-fall ups-downs fall
