Chris Stapleton Quotes

To share our stories is not only a worthwhile endeavor for the storyteller, but for those who hear our stories and feel less alone because of it.

I'm interested in what bonds people together. You know, what brings us together in good ways? And there's not a lot known about that.

Anyway, stories bring us together to find common ground, to find our way through life together, or just to entertain us, and I am just thrilled to be a part of that process.

The biggest stories are written about the things which draw human beings closer together.

Sports can bring people together in a way that politics cannot.

There's not many people that I can't relate to and can't share experiences with.

I don't want to bore people with things that don't matter to them. I want to share parts of my life that are universally true with other people.

In writing ... remember that the biggest stories are not written about wars, or about politics, or even murders. The biggest stories are written about the things which draw human beings closer together.

Anytime you share life stories with other people, you know, you are acknowledging their humanity and kind of accessing some things about yourself, and other people start to expect things about themselves. It's kind of like a fellowship.

I've found that the common humanity of people is the most relatable thing, and even if your stories are very specific about a different place, if you have a relatable core of humanity, people will go along with it.

I'm just like my fans, and that's the way I like it.

The stories we tell about each other matter very much. The stories we tell ourselves about our own lives matter. And most of all, I think the way that we participate in each other's stories is of deep importance.

At the end of the day, stories connect us, not politics. And there's so many stories out there waiting to be told. It's just a matter of who's out there listening.

The stories we can tell are those that happen to us; we meet, work, live, laugh, love, demonstrate, strive in community.

Stories are the common ground that allow people to connect, despite all our defences and all our differences.

I think, really, that the only way a person can open their heart to someone who is so much another is really by knowing them... whether that's in a classroom, or a soccer team, or a food pantry, or any of those things. I mean, we're kind of more alike than we are different.

You get guys around a campfire, and they start telling their stories. That's the fellowship that they want to be in.

The richest most meaningful stories are found in small places: made, carried, crafted, told, and retold by apparently unimportant people.

Laughter is such a healing thing, and through laughter, we find commonalities with each other. There's a lot of separation in the world, and by creating more things to laugh at, we can create a common ground for open discussion.

Life is cold. People stay warm through the intimacy of a story.

So when you tell a joke, you want to make someone laugh, or if you tell a story about someone who had a heart attack, it may be because you want the listener to exercise. Stories are tools to create social cohesion and to get humans to strategize together.

Nobody is so weird others can't identify with them.

We have much more in common with other people than we have apart.

For me, I feel like I relate to a lot of people.

If you bring people together, you’ve got something. If you can’t bring them together, you don’t got nothing.