Toby Keith
Toby Keith
Toby Keith Covel, known professionally as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor and record producer. Keith released his first four studio albums—1993's Toby Keith, 1994's Boomtown, 1996's Blue Moon and 1997's Dream Walkin', plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of Mercury Records before leaving Mercury in 1998. These albums all earned Gold or higher certification, and produced several chart singles, including his debut "Should've Been a Cowboy", which topped the country charts and was...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth8 July 1961
CityClinton, OK
CountryUnited States of America
James made every record ... that established my career.
You just try to give them a little piece of the United States, and tell them that we all support them and love them, no matter what they hear.
My wife got upset, but I usually take those things, when people say stuff about me like that, and turn them into gold. So when the person who said that goes to her Wal-Mart and she's looking for a garden hose and looks over and sees the album, she'll know what a great idea it was to call me white trash with money.
There are a couple of things that are really brought home from a female perspective. In the studio I sing hard, and she softened that up. On 'Crash Here Tonight' she said 'You have a rich baritone voice, and I think this song can be just as sexy as all get out. Let's keep it in this register. Let it be sassy and intimate.
We can literally make a decision at noon and get started by 1 p.m..
Go for a walk, say a little prayer and take a deep breath of mountain air,
We're going to be an independent, ... but smell, walk, talk, look and record like a major.
Through the years, a lot of it is just being around some great people like my dad and his friends who come up with those things. I've just claimed them after I've heard them.
We went from being an independent to one of the biggest and best labels in town, and in the merger we lost all identity, ... We were the little dog that barked loud (and) grew up to be a big dog, and when we merged we were powerless.
Probably 75 percent of the people in this town think I'll fail, and the other 25 percent hope I fail,
During the playoffs, they never allowed a point. By the end of the season, teams were coming to scout us and that was the third grade. But we would out-execute them. Our kids were talented enough, they were hard to stop.
Oh, and I don't want to die for youbut if dyin's asked of meI'll bear that cross with honor'cause freedom don't come free
This movie thing is creative. It's the most creative thing I've done in years.
They're just other cities. With the type of technology we have today - there's no reason for me to live anywhere else, so I might as well stay at home.