Sam Hunt Quotes

Music - that's been my education. There's not a day that goes by that I take it for granted.

I still picture myself as a student of the music. I'm always trying to learn new things. Music is just what makes me tick.

I think I was just lucky to be brought up in a very musical family. My two older brothers were, and still are, very musical and very creative, and music was a big part of my life from a very young age, so it is quite natural for me to become involved in music in the way that I did.

Everything I hear influences me. I can't tell you all my influences as a musician.

Since I was a kid, music has been a huge part of my life. My parents had a pretty solid vinyl collection and exposed me to some amazing artists.

It's funny, because music is one of those things it is natural to go into. You hear it so much growing up, it kind of permeates you and eventually you spew out some music of your own.

Nothing special, I have not a special talent. I have been born with a sound, and I like music and try to serve it, but talent is a scientist.

I wear my musical heart on my sleeve and show all my influences off. I'm happy for someone to point out that my song sounds like someone else's.

I'm a musician, so for the most part I've always thought that the musicians were equally as inspiring to listen to - maybe more so, in some cases - in addition to the artists.

My dad bought me a guitar when I was very young, and I never looked back.

I've had a wonderful life with music.

My dad's music was a great inspiration to me.

Music's been with me from the get-go. It was always around me as a kid. Dad got me my first guitar when I was 11 and, at school, if you wanted to be cool you had to be in a band.

Playing music was always a part of my life; I don't know anything else.

I equally love both, classic rock and hip-hop. I love all music, really, and I really use classic rock a lot. I'm heavily influenced by that melodically in my music. I can't really separate the two.

My parents did not have any interest in music.

Music has nothing to do with your technical ability.

I always tell girls who say they want to start a band but don't have any talent, 'Well, neither do I.' I mean, I can carry a tune, but anyone who picks up a bass can figure it out. You don't have to have magic unicorn powers.

From a very young age, music was very much in my house. I would sit with my mom, with the old LPs, listening to The Beatles and Carly Simon and Lionel Richie. The old LPs used to have the lyrics. From there, I would put on dance and music displays for my family, just to entertain them and make people laugh and smile.

Composers shouldn't think too much - it interferes with their plagiarism.

There were times I thought I was going to turn to the blues, but then I'd hear better blues players.

The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names.

Music is something that's always been a huge part of my life.

People have taught me not to look for intelligence in rockmusic.

My house was full of music. My main memories are of the record player at home: it was all Beatles and Rolling Stones, and we danced around the living room; that started me off on instruments, and I've done nothing else ever since.