166 Quotes by Darius Rucker

I think people who go out and tell you how much they’re gonna change things are the people who end up being just another whatever. I’m never trying to change anything. That’s not for me.

I don’t think I get the respect as a singer. With this record, I wanted to bring respect to my band.

One of the things that I’m dying to do is to sing the hook on a big rap song. No one’s ever called me to do that.

I’m lucky my wife is a strong woman. She’s one of the stronger people I’ve ever met. It’s hard for me to be away, but I know my home life is fine because my wife is there.

I’m a kid who grew up in an all African-American neighborhood and got into schools and aspired to just be me, and didn’t worry about labels or anything. Just wanted to be a success at what I did.

Remember the Stax label and how if you liked one record, you liked all the others as well? You don’t talk to a lot of people who tell you how much they love their record label. I don’t care how many records they sell.

Rock and roll was something to fall back on. If I had my choice, I’d be Jerry Rice and I’d be playing until I was forty-five.

It’s hard to be married to me, and it was a lot harder when I was younger!

It was important to me to find a label that wouldn’t back out after a first single. Everyone’s so used to hearing me with Hootie, they’re going to be skeptical.