1. “I went to my dad when I was 17 and said, ‘I want to be a country music star.’ Which every dad loves to hear. And he said, ‘I want you to go to college.’ So we had a discussion. And I’m pretty stubborn. I’m a lot like him. And he said, ‘If you go to college and graduate, I’ll pay your first six months of rent in Nashville.’ So he bribed me.” – Eric Church
2. “The key to songwriting is just to be able to observe, and put yourself in situations to be around people, and let those ideas come to you.” – Eric Church
3. “I think too many people, if you are 46 you want to look 36, and if you’re 36 you want to look 26. I didn’t want to do that. I’ve earned the gray hairs. So I wanted to show that level of honesty.” – Eric Church
4. “I’ve always made music that was representative of real life.” – Eric Church
5. “We’re all given a window of opportunity, I think all artists are, of any genre. A window when you’re truly relevant, the spotlight’s on you and people are watching what you do.” – Eric Church
6. “As far as writing, it’s grown because I’ve really grown comfortable with who I am.” – Eric Church
7. “I’ve always made music that was representative of real life.” – Eric Church
8. “There’s just a lot of people that hold on to what country means to them. I love fiddle, I love steel, but I don’t think it should be a rule that it has to be used in every song. I think that’s not what defines or makes country music.” – Eric Church
9. “Life doesn’t get more real than having a newborn at home.” – Eric Church
10. “I am very thankful and blessed to have a healthy and happy baby boy and baby mama.” – Eric Church
11. “I can’t stand making records.” – Eric Church
12. “Many people have come to think they can just wake up and have things handed to them.” – Eric Church
13. “Funny how a melody sounds like a memory.” – Eric Church
14. “Everybody always tells you what an awesome and unique experience being a parent is. Words can never do the feeling justice.” – Eric Church
15. “Now me and my brother go to see him some times but he don’t have much to say anymore. So we sit on his headstone with a fifth of Jack D. Here’s to a long line of sinners like me.” – Eric Church
16. “I’ve played shows with injuries before but unfortunately cannot overcome having no voice.” – Eric Church
17. “I have a huge chip on my shoulder.” – Eric Church
18. “It’s always the roughest path, but I think it’s got the most reward at the end.” – Eric Church
19. “Man, if anybody knew the path that we’ve been on, no one in their right mind would ever try to duplicate it. That’s something Nashville always tries to do, though. If something is successful, they try to repeat it by telling other people, “Hey, do what that guy did.” I just don’t think it works that way. The first one who gest there, the one that cuts the path … it’s always the roughest path but I think it’s got the most reward at the end.” – Eric Church
20. “I think right now, you’ve seen these artists pop up over the last decade who’ve flirted with branching together a lot of different kinds of music. Some of them have been huge, and sold millions of records. And I think over time it’s become a little bit of what the industry can be.” – Eric Church
21. “I don’t care if I starve.” – Eric Church
22. “I want to be the guy out there on the edge.” – Eric Church
23. “The evolution of the music is what allows it to survive.” – Eric Church
24. “The most important thing for me as an artist is having an identity.” – Eric Church
25. “I come from a long line of Sinners like me”- Eric Church
26. “Stay young and wild as long as you can.” – Eric Church
27. “I’ve always thought, it’s the artist that write the songs and make the records. And it’s our responsibility to set the tone for what’s happening in the industry. And I take that seriously.” – Eric Church
28. “I’m going to do everything I can to keep from being mainstream.” – Eric Church
29. “I’m not a guy who can go in and go, “Hey, are we doing right or wrong?” I just do it. And whatever it is, it is.” – Eric Church
30. “I have a new hobby and it’s pretty much logging.” – Eric Church
31. “The best advice I’ve been given is kind of the “dance with the one who brought you” thing. You got here on what you do so don’t change that.” – Eric Church
32. “I don’t use the big video screens that a lot of other artists use because personally, I think it’s kind of a crutch. I think sometimes it’s like watching television as opposed to really getting involved with what is happening onstage and the people in your section.” – Eric Church
33. “Country fans are the best fans out there because of the loyalty, and the way that they apply your music to every aspect of their life.” – Eric Church
34. “Bob Seger was a huge inspiration.” – Eric Church
35. “When I first started, you could go to a college campus and it was not cool to wear a country artist’s shirt on campus. It was taboo, and there was a stigma involved. In the time from then till now, I’m amazed at how much things have changed. It’s young now, it’s cool, it’s hip.” – Eric Church
36. “The town I came from really had one industry, and that was furniture.” – Eric Church
37. “I wouldn’t be the man I am today, If not for those I’ve loved along the way”- Eric Church