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My dad was president of the volunteer fire department, which was within walking distance to our house. I spent several days of each week there with him - any time the whistle blew, he went. It was truly inspiring to watch him lead that way.

From Brad Paisley

I don't stare at a sheet of paper and try to think of a good word to use. I try to see where the story should go.

From Brad Paisley

Alison Krauss is definitely my favorite singer that's ever lived. I've never heard anyone like her.

From Brad Paisley

Willie Nelson, out there 200 days a year, calls his band family. And it is.

From Brad Paisley

I have a to-do list and I have a farm I care for, and things I like to do for fun - going to movies and all that stuff. It's a painfully normal life!

From Brad Paisley

To be a true artist, I have to be true to who I am now and write that way.

From Brad Paisley

I love being an enigma. Every time I'm tempted to respond to someone who tries to put me in a box, politically - you know, someone who gets on the Internet and says, you're pro-gun, or you're anti-gun - I stop and say to myself, 'This is great; this is what I wanted. I wanted to be the guy you can't figure out.'

From Brad Paisley

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 I'm always looking for that angle in my own work.

From Brad Paisley

I have a very down-to-earth father. My wife is an actress and famous herself is more down-to-earth than anyone I know.

From Brad Paisley

I don't have, you know, an 'overcoming addiction' story, other than the guitar itself, and I haven't overcome that. I don't have a jail time, you know, story, or any arrests.

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