Randy Travis's Quotes
Born: 1959-05-04
Profession: Musician
Nation: American
Biography of Randy Travis
I don't know whether schooling would have helped me get farther along in music at this time. I doubt it would have.
Tags: Doubt, Music, TimeI never thought of having platinum albums and winning awards. I just wanted to write songs and sing when I started out in the music business.
Tags: Business, Music, WinningI'm happy riding horses and getting out shooting my gun, things like that.
Tags: Getting, Gun, HappyI've been singing since I was 8 years old and working in clubs since I was 14. I've been working full time since I was 16.
Tags: Old, Time, WorkingI've learned the importance of loving what you do. I have also learned more patience due to the nature of the music business.
Tags: Music, Nature, PatienceIt's not what you take when you leave this world behind you. It's what you leave behind you when you go.
Tags: Behind, LeaveThe peak of a career can only last so long. You go up and you try to maintain it. But, it can only last so long and then you're going to go down.
Tags: Career, Last, TryTo me, country music tells a story about, and deals with, the way people live their lives and what they do.
Tags: Country, Lives, MusicYou continue to evolve with each album that goes by and, as an artist, you continue to expand with every recording project.
Tags: Artist, Continue, GoesYou know, I think you have to sound right singing whatever it is that you sing.
Tags: Singing, Sound, WhateverFor me, having come to study and understand some of the Bible and finally getting saved made a huge difference in me, because my wife was a big influence on that. I saw in her, when I first met her, a person's soul at peace with everything and everybody around her.
Tags: Peace, Understand, WifeI just couldn't stand school. If I went, I'd skip after the first class. I didn't like to be told I had to study and had to do homework. There's a fact that you have to want to learn.
Tags: After, School, StudyI think every once in a while country has lost its way, but found its way back. It's always going to drift away from the traditional side, but then find a way to return. There's room for all kinds of influences be it pop, blues, gospel or whatever. But I will always say that I think we need more traditional country music coming down the pike.
Tags: Country, Lost, MusicMy dad wanted me to play when I was a kid, so I learned to play the guitar. I pursued a career in music because I love it so much and I enjoy what it does to those who hear it.
Tags: Dad, Love, Music