Who's not a fan of Don Williams? He's the gentle giant. Josh Turner More Quotes by Josh Turner More Quotes From Josh Turner Life is a series of punches. It presents a lot of challenges. It presents a lot of hardship, but the people that are able to take those punches and able to move forward are the ones that really do have a lot of success and have a lot of joy in their life and have a lot of stories to tell, too. Josh Turner joy people moving I don't feel like God called me to be a Gospel singer. He didn't call me to be a Christian singer, he called me to be a country singer, and I just happen to be a Christian. Josh Turner singers christian country I'm thankful to have Jesus as my Savior. My relationship with God has always been one to where I'm talking to him all day, every day, about anything and everything. It's just a continuous ongoing conversation that I have with the Lord, and I feel like that's brought me closer to Him. Josh Turner ongoing talking jesus I grew up like a lot of country boys and girls do - amongst the pine trees, dirt roads, farms, mules and people who were real. Josh Turner girl real country Look to the Heavens, you can look to the skies. You can find redemption staring back into your eyes. Josh Turner eye sky heaven I'm normally the guy that stands off in the corner. Josh Turner corners guy I love Jesus Christ with all my heart and everything He stands for. I think that sums up everything that I want for my life, everything I want for my family, everything I want for my career. I want it to be entertaining. I want people to smile and tap their toes, but I want it to be meaningful when the day is done. Josh Turner heart meaningful jesus When you get married and have children, and you start having hits and success and your business starts growing, there's less and less time for songwriting. Josh Turner married growing children I didn't have any expectations of what my family life would end up being like. But I've been very blessed in my life to have a wife who loves me and supports me and is able to be in my band and travel with me. Josh Turner wife blessed expectations Not only am I trying to be a daddy, but also a friend, not be the old fogey thats slowing everybody else down... not for a while, at least. Josh Turner slowing daddy trying I came from a rural background, and I didn't come in contact with a lot of wealthy people. Josh Turner wealthy backgrounds people I've never had the patience of a teacher. Josh Turner teacher I've found throughout the years that I needed a place where I can go with no TV, no computer, no phone and just have no distractions and just be able to sit and think and just not be disturbed. Josh Turner phones years thinking It's hard sometimes to capture magic when it comes to live records. Josh Turner records magic sometimes I was trying to learn how to deal with the freedom that I had away from home for the first time. 'Long Black Train,' the song and the album, are very special to me. It was just one of those things that I felt like God gave to me for a purpose, and I've been out here promoting that purpose. Josh Turner home song long Singing allowed me to express myself in ways that I wouldn't be able to do otherwise. Josh Turner singing able way My manager came up with the idea of taking a Pro Tool rig out on the road to record every night and I thought it was a great idea. I felt like it would be good to record over a certain period of time and then take the best performances of that collection of recordings. It appealed to me that it wasn't going to be from just one location. Josh Turner would-be night ideas I love my boys. I love watching them growing up. I love seeing them develop, and I'm always looking forward to seeing what they're going to become and what they're going to be interested in later in life. Josh Turner growing-up later-in-life boys 'Long Black Train' was inspired by a vision that I had of a long, black train running down this track way out in the middle of nowhere. I could see people standing out to the sides of this track watching this train go by. As I was walking, experiencing this vision, I kept asking myself, 'What does this vision mean and what is this train?' Josh Turner running long mean I'm not much of a water skier, my legs are too skinny for that, so I just try to tube and have fun, just ride. Josh Turner fun trying water
