46 Quotes by Jake Owen

You hear about people your whole life, 'So-and-so has cancer,' and you're like, 'Wow, that's too bad,' and then most people tend to go about their day. But when someone tells you that it's your father or it's your family, that doesn't tend to go away.

I'm from Florida, so any time I get invited to come to Florida and play a show, I'm definitely always up for that.

I look at my little girl and I wonder what she's going to be and what she's going to do and what is it that leads girls certain directions in life. I think a lot of that goes back to what kind of father they had, and so it makes me want to be the best dad I can possibly be.

But that's the problem with playing new music sometimes before the record comes out: You have a bunch of yayhoots with opinions.

I believe a No. 1 song starts happening when it's believable and validating.

I like to take my dog on the road. He stays up front; he likes it there.

There are things I want to do to be a better human being and a better father.

Most people think in order to validate yourself as an artist, you have to write your own songs. I commend the guys that do. I've done it. But I also think that you can pick great songs outside that you didn't write that can help your career.

Not to be narcissistic, but I truly believe in order to make yourself better, you should see what you did before and what was good about that and what wasn't - same way a football team plays a game and then they go back and watch film.