Brad Paisley
Brad Paisley
Brad Douglas Paisleyis an American country music singer and songwriter. Starting with his 1999 debut album, Who Needs Pictures, he has released 10 studio albums and a Christmas compilation on the Arista Nashville label, with all of his albums certified Gold or higher by the RIAA. He has scored 32 top 10 singles on the U.S. Billboard Country Airplay chart, 19 of which have reached #1. He set a new record in 2009 for most consecutive singlesreaching the top spot...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth28 October 1972
CityGlen Dale, WV
CountryUnited States of America
Pilgrims travel to Jerusalem to see the Holy Land, and the foundations of their faith. People go to Washington, D.C. to see the workings of government, and the foundation of our country. And fans flock to Nashville to see the foundation of country music, the Grand Ole Opry.
The nice thing about the world that I've been able to inhabit for the last couple of years is that I'm given a lot of freedom. Not all artists really get that.
I try to write like the writers I admire - I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase... So Im always looking for that angle in my own work.
If I get an idea for a song, I have a melody for it. I'm a musician first. I'm not limited by the fretboard
I changed my mindset and figured, Why not try to be really entertaining instrumentally?
I imagine there's a market for total depression. I grew up on George Jones and that really dark stuff.
She's a yellow pair of running shoes, a holey pair of jeans. She looks great in cheap sunglasses, she looks great in anything. She's, "I want a piece of chocolate cake; take me to a movie." She's a, "I can't find a thing to wear." Now and then she's moody. She's a Saturn with a sunroof with her brown hair blowing. She's a warm conversation I wouldn't miss for nothing. She's a fighter when she's mad and she's a lover when she's lovin'.
Anytime you do something from the heart, people just know it.
You look out there and there's people that, their day is changed because of your contribution to it.
I don't have any interest in doing something that's weak musically.
It should feel a lot like my other albums that way, in that it's a progression and there are different themes and you go from one topic to another and it feels a little bit like a life journey, I think.
The days get boring. The thing I like least would be the traveling. It's never fun to check baggage three or four times in a couple days.
I never thought I'd be singing this for my friend.
Some artists would rather go in there and let some other things dictate the kind of record they do, but I've got such a great team.