Scotty McCreery Quotes

I'm going to continue to keep music number one.

I think what I'm going to do is get more balance in my life to still be able to go out and play the hard rock 'n' roll and do what I like to do in music.

I definitely want to do music for the rest of my life. So I just want to make sure that I'm doing music in the way that I feel is the way I need to.

All I knew when I moved to Nashville was that I wanted to make music in whatever shape and form I could.

All I ever wanted to do was play the guitar; singing was a sideline.

I'm not some cute guy who is trying to be successful off that. I really want the music to come first.

I was a business major, but the more I played music and the more I got into songwriting, I realized this is what I loved, but I kept asking myself, 'Is this what I'm supposed to do - move to Nashville?'

I just love playing guitar, so that's what I'm going to do.

It's very easy for me to keep a low profile because the focus I feel is always on the music. Success and fame are two different things. And so I feel the success is always towards the music, which means that I can have a very normal and private lifestyle.

I'm much more interested in working and getting on with my music.

At times, I think, 'What would I rather be doing than music?' That's what you have to ask yourself, if you feel like you need to be somewhere else... But there's nothing else I want to do more than music. That's why I stay in the booth.

I had an opportunity to play baseball in college, but I just didn't want to go to school. I started focusing on my music and it was game over!

I'll give up this sort of touring madness certainly, but music-everything is based on music. No, I'll never stop my music.

Music has always been my first love, so making music happen is a big priority of mine.

I actually am always a music first person.

For the longest time, I wanted to become a pianist. That was kinda my thing.

I loved music - listening and playing - but of course I could not imagine I would be a professional musician. It really happened step by step.

To me, I'm for a band whose forefront is the music.

I've always been in music. I started out in music, and I will continue to do music.

I spent my whole teenage life trying to get to London and go to dance school, but when I got there, I couldn't wait to get to the clubs on weekends. I knew I wanted to make music.

When I signed that major-label contract when I was 20 years old. I did it because I wanted to play music for the rest of my life. That's every 20-year-old's dream - to do whatever the hell you want.

Music has been a huge passion of mine ever since I started playing the piano at age 3. Going to concerts, performing on my own, and listening to my favorite artists growing up confirmed that love for music and made me want to pursue it as a career.

I'm approaching a period in my life though where I'd like to be totally absorbed into music, doing concerts, writing something. Basically, that IS what I am doing.

It wasn't until my last year of college, 1976, that I decided well, maybe he's right. Delbert had been pushing me since high school to put 100% into my music.

I am never going to give music up.