Quotes by Sam Hunt

I drove right into the music with the same sort of attitude as I went into the football stuff with. Just found a routine and hard work, and it helped me progress a lot faster.

Im conflicted about the lyric tattoo thing. I feel like thats a lifetime decision, and I always feel like, I hope you dont regret this a couple years from now when you get tired of that song.

The first song I learned on the guitar was a Kenny Chesney song called What I Need to Do it was just an easy song to play... and it was really cool to see that come full-circle a few years later and have him record a song that I was part of.

In a small town, its either sports or a band with your buddies. I was always athletic. But in college, I was exposed to all this new music, and I was drawn to hip-hop and R&B.

Ive always craved winning. Its just easier in sports because theres a scoreboard.

Any chance to get out and play live for some people and get out of the studio is nice.

I played quarterback, and it was a leadership position, and even though Im doing a solo thing now, a lot of my success is a part of assembling this team of people who are really, really talented, and their position doesnt put them out front the way mine does, but its still a team effort.

Prior to getting into music, I interacted with, on a daily basis, about 5-10 percent of the people that Ive interacted with since then. Ive been meeting people from different backgrounds and different cultures. That did allow for a lot of change. Ive changed as a product of that, but its been positive.

I have two or three guys that Im really close to. We have a great friendship, and I think that helps our songwriting relationship. Its hard to start... with new people and cover the ground that Ive covered with those guys.

I had some interesting costumes... the one that I remember right offhand is Zorro when I was a lot younger. I was a big time Zorro fan. My mom helped me make it, and I remember having a big issue with the fact that she wouldnt let me carry around a real metal sword; it just had to be plastic.

I didnt know what to expect, having not been an artist before. From the outside, you only see romantic snapshots of what seems like a great lifestyle, and it is, but its also grueling.