We've been very blessed in our career. Jay DeMarcus More Quotes by Jay DeMarcus More Quotes From Jay DeMarcus So many people in this world get up every day and go to their nine-to-five job they hate for 12 months a year for 30 years. I kind of do a self-check and evaluation to realize I'm very blessed and grateful to be where I am. Jay DeMarcus i-am day grateful blessed Living country is more about your values and beliefs than cowboy hats or living on a farm. Jay DeMarcus farm your values country I remember when 'I'm Moving On' came out, and we got the response we did, I thought, 'Man, this could be for real.' That was the first time it dawned on me what we had. Jay DeMarcus me man moving-on time The lines have definitely blurred between country and pop music. Jay DeMarcus blurred lines music country My faith and my beliefs sustain me through all of the craziness that this life brings. Jay DeMarcus me craziness faith life It's always a wonderful time to be able to settle down by the fire, enjoy the Christmas tree and the decorations, and just spend time with the ones you love and surround yourself with the people that you don't get to see enough throughout the year. Jay DeMarcus christmas time tree love My mother and father are big musical heroes of mine. I think it was because it was the first memories that I have of actually hearing music and falling in love with it and wanting to be a part of it in some way. Jay DeMarcus music mother love memories Christian music was such a huge foundation for me, even as a kid, and I grew to love Christian music not only because of the musicianship, which I thought was extraordinary, but because of the message in it. It was such a huge building block of who I was and who I would become. Jay DeMarcus thought me music love It was such a whirlwind for us for about three to four years there that, every time we turned around, we were pulled in 90 different directions, and I look back on that now, and they're such wonderful memories, but you kinda wish that you would've taken the time to savor them a little bit more. Jay DeMarcus look you time memories I think the thing that keeps us motivated is challenging ourselves to see if we can be better than we've been before and seeing if we can stumble upon a magic that wasn't there before - whether it's a song, a performance, or a track that lights us up the way the first few records did. Jay DeMarcus think lights magic song Some of my biggest commercial musical influences would be people like Merle Haggard, George Jones, of course, Johnny Cash. People that wrote and sang their own stuff, I really admired. Jay DeMarcus some own like people I love every aspect of live performance and putting our shows together and approaching it from the standpoint of, 'What would we want to see if we were a fan sitting in the audience?' Jay DeMarcus live performance together love I've been on the road since I was 15, in one way or another - on a bus, in a 15-passenger van, pulling a U-haul - so I would be lying if I said sometimes the miles and the road didn't get long. But it's always rewarding, that hour and a half every night you get to stand up there and see it all pay off and feel the love from that crowd. Jay DeMarcus you love night long It's weird to think about being introduced as 'Hall of Fame members Rascal Flatts.' Jay DeMarcus weird being think fame We cut songs that touch us because if they don't touch us first, there's no way in the world we're going to be able to sell those songs to somebody else. Jay DeMarcus us touch way world We've gotten to do so many great things throughout the years. We've gotten to meet presidents. We've been able to go to so many wonderful awards shows and meet so many great celebrities. Jay DeMarcus meet great go great-things I think the simple message of that song is what attracted me to 'Every Day.' It's one of those simple yet profound lyrics. Jay DeMarcus day me simple song So many people have stood behind me for so long. Jay DeMarcus behind me long people People are always surprised to find this out, but the songs that we write, such as 'Winner of a Losing Game' and things like that, tend to be more country than the other stuff that we cut from outside writers. Jay DeMarcus game winner losing people We were just hoping 'Prayin' for Daylight' wasn't a complete flop. Selling a million records wasn't even in our wildest thoughts. Jay DeMarcus complete thoughts just selling
