Jason Aldean Quotes

I had a friend, Melissa, who was 28 years old. She was my best friend's wife, and she was my wife's best friend. She died of breast cancer. When she passed away back in 2004 was the last time I cried.

No matter what you do, you're going to have people who have something to say about something you do. You can't please anybody.

Yeah I'm chillin' on a dirt road, laid back swervin' like I'm George Jones.

I didn't get into music to become famous and I didn't get into music to become rich either - I got into because I liked it.

My goal is that when the last song is over, and you're walking back to the parking lot, you're already on your phone searching to find the next show.

Now one thing I think is really lame, is if you're an artist and you go to a karaoke bar and sing your own song. I like to get up there and sing stuff that I would never sing on stage anywhere else. Like Neil Diamond.

I think country music is obviously a great form of music. I think it's cool and has mass appeal.

You come to a country music show and it's like a rock show, it's so different, it's just not what people think it is, it's really cool and I think that if people just give it a chance they'd see that it's really cool and I think that's what people are finally starting to see.

I think it's important to do things that you're interested in. I think it's important to have other outlets away from the music industry.

Country music in the mid-'90s was a big influence on my career, and I played all the songs that are referenced in '94' back in my club days. Joe Diffie was rocking a sick mullet, and he was hotter than ever... just putting out monster hit after monster hit. It totally takes me back to those days, and it makes me smile every time I hear it.

Obviously when you're making music, you want it to get out to as many people as possible. You want to reach as many people as you can.

If you say, 'I'm going to cut this song because I know the teenagers are going to love it,' well, then you're going to alienate everybody else. When I cut my record, I'm just going to cut the things that I like, and whoever likes it, likes it. That's too much work to try to figure out the demographic. That's too much like a business.

I think every artist wants to have that 'Grammy award winner' tag in front of their name.

I love fried okra. The fact that it's okra makes me feel like it's good for you - I forget the fact that it's fried.

Hearing people clapping draws you in pretty quick. It's like bungee cord jumping - it's a rush; you just want to do it again.

I haven't figured out why people like what they like. I don't know. I wish I did. I could sell that to everybody, man, and be a millionaire.

I'm a country boy. I'm from Georgia.

Country music artists are staying true to their roots, keeping it country but throwing a little bit of rock flair in there which I think is a good thing.

My mom was a single mom, and she had enough on her plate. I knew when I was doing something I wasn't supposed to, and I tried to keep her from finding out about it. I did a pretty good job of that.

I grew up in an age where I loved going and buying a physical record. Things that were digital and all that stuff, it wasn't around. So I loved going and buying an album and looking through the inserts and reading stuff and seeing pictures.

Macon has such a rich musical history - and the state of Georgia, as well.

I've been wearing Wrangler jeans for more than a decade now, all the way back to when I first started playing clubs in my teens in Georgia.

You're not going to hear me singing songs about Wall Street because I don't know anything about that.

I had an opportunity to play baseball in college, but I just didn't want to go to school. I started focusing on my music and it was game over!

I know I'm not gonna please everybody when I make a record. I don't let that affect any of my decisions.