Jamey Johnson Quotes

#1. Blackberry Smoke is my favorite band!

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#2. I write because it makes God happy that I write. I sing because it makes God happy that I sing. And if it makes God's people happy, then all the better. But if it fails to do so, it's probably my fault.

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#3. I don't stand in anybody else's way of accomplishing their dreams, and I don't like people standing in my way, either. That seems like a hostile thing to do.

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#4. Man, I live in Nashville. I know how good other songwriters and singers are around here. There's a wealth of talent in this town, not to mention the people who shoot in for a week or two to try their hand on lower Broad or the other venues around town.

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#5. A Hank Cochran song in the studio is spiritual. It's like singing a hymn in a church.

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#6. Music was fundamental in my family. Sang at bars, all the way to church on Sunday. Music in school, played guitar pulls at the house, go to other people's houses and break out the guitars, it was fun. It was always there, I've just been a part of it.

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#7. I feel pretty used by the music industry, in that my contracts are written in such a way that I don't get paid. And that makes me wanna quit working for whoever thinks it is that I work for them. But I've clearly got a job that I can't quit.

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#8. Hank Cochran was a man of very few words, but certainly the words that he chose were the right ones to use.

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#9. And as long as man has walked on this Earth, there has been God. And man's purpose is for the glorification of God.

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