George Strait Quotes

I hate complacency. I play every gig as if it could be my last, then I enjoy it more than ever.

On stage, I think I'm 35. Working takes over my whole body and I become a younger man - that's why I won't stop.

I always enjoy it when I walk on stage. There were some times when I was working so much in the '80s, and I felt really burnt-out. But I'd be up there singing and not be 10,000 million miles away, you know, just opening my mouth and the words coming out.

Going onstage is like going into battle. You're ultimately there to win. It's driven and fuelled by passion and a desire to do it.

Every time you get in front of the lights and the cameras and you think, 'Okay, well, we've done this before, but we have to do it again? Oh, we're doing it again? We're doing it again?' It's so gratifying, but I don't think I'll ever get used to it. I hope I won't.

Once you're out there in front of people, I don't think there's any choice than to just give it your all.

Even when I perform in front of ten people, I still give that energy as if I was performing in front of 3500.

I see bands that have been around for a long time who go through the motions. They're tired and they shouldn't really be doing it any more. We are doing it because we like it.

When we get on stage, naturally, you just get out there and work it as hard as you humanly possibly can do it.

I feel energized walking off stage.

When I'm not excited, it makes acting very hard for me.

I can't work on something if I don't believe in it. I love music, and I am inspired to work harder and spend more energy. I feel lucky that I was born with this passion.

I feel like a little beast when I'm onstage, and I feel like my fans have that little beast inside of them, too: this hunger for life.

I want to feel lucky every night when I go onstage, and not feel like, 'Oh, great, here we go again.

Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.

If you truly dig what you are doing, if you lay it out that way, nobody can not respond. That's what rock and roll is; it's relentless.

I don't see any reason to quit playing. I'll be doing this at least till I get to a hundred and something. You know, I ain't got far to go. But I'm still going to be playing, as long as I have good ideas, and can play as I do.

The second I got on stage, it was like, 'Oh my God! I love this! I love this!'

I still love the game. I still feel like I'm a 25-year-old. I really still love the game and feel as enthusiastic about the game as I ever have felt about it.

What I tell young writers is to find those things that you're so passionate about that your energy doesn't run away.

This is what we get paid to do, is to bring it every week, and I hope the guys would say I bring it every week. I mean, I love this game, and I bring energy.

I really thrive being onstage.

I act because I enjoy it. I give 200 per cent to it.

I love being challenged, goofing off, and lots of passion.

I'm still like a little kid about it, where I'm just so happy and excited that people want to come to our shows and watch us play. I still go outside the venues and take a picture of our name on the marquees. I still feel like I'm trying hard to be in a good band, I really do. And I think that's a healthy approach.