130 Quotes by Sam Hunt

My dad is a football guy, not a music guy. He didn't totally understand when I decided to be a musician.

I try to stay as naive as possible so I'm not as aware as much of the risks.

In a small town, it's either sports or a band with your buddies. I was always athletic. But in college, I was exposed to all this new music, and I was drawn to hip-hop and R&B.

I've always craved winning. It's just easier in sports because there's a scoreboard.

I love what Drake does, but I don't want to be called the Drake of country.

Fortunately, the music from the first record really connected with people, and I was really proud of that.

The things that are going to be in all my records, for as long as I'm making them, are going to go back to who I am and where I'm from and the lifestyle that I live and come from - and I don't know how I could ever get any of that close enough to pop to be considered a pop act.

There's this sort of model that exists in Nashville that we think we have to abide by: You put out a record, and in two years you have to put out another one and have three or four singles. There are all these rules that I've just sort of thrown out the window.

I have a whole, whole lot of respect for the men and women that serve our country.