Garth Brooks Quotes

Having a first single is such a great opportunity for any artist... I'm very appreciative of the support country radio's given 'Could It Be.'

Part of the mission of Nash Icon is taking away some of the day-to-day, hand-to-hand combat that you have to do to continue the mainstream country-radio relationship.

I'm not really concerned so much with the industry, except in country music, as long as our fans keep coming to the shows and keep buying the records and we keep having success on country radio.

The wonderful thing about having your songs on the radio is that people are going to go out to your concerts and buy your merchandise and that sort of thing, and it feels good to get that level of name recognition.

There's one place that I've always known I wanted to be, and that is on country radio.

Any album that I ever put out I'm going to send it to country radio first.

This is a business built on promotion. We've been giving music away to radio stations for 30 years.

Radio continues to be the very best advertising music performers have. No one who ever grabbed a Grammy got there without radio.

This is the kind of problem you want to have! Country radio has been great to me my whole career. I can't thank those folks enough.

I think 'Interscope' always puts the artist first, and they're focusing on these artists' development. I felt like that was a part of my career that I kind of needed to focus on after having come from the radio and getting exposure that way. I wanted to grow my brand and grow my fanbase, and they have proven to be the best fit for that.

If they keep playing us on country radio and we get to keep doing cool stuff like playing with Willie Nelson, that's great.

There's so many great people in Country Radio, and I appreciate all the support they've given me.

Country radio has been so supportive.

I hear some new artists that sound country but the record labels and country radio lean more toward a more rock feel for what gets signed to a label and played on the radio.

Here's the tragedy of the modern record business: It's radio. If you're not on radio, nobody really is going to hear you or see you or care about you.

The fact we get played on the radio now blows our minds.

I feel my job as an artist is to drive people to country radio. That's my job as a country artist. So these streaming places, especially these on-demand streaming places, where you can just push a button and hear it as many times as you want, like YouTube, any of that stuff, that's taking all the ears away from country radio.

In country radio, everybody has such a connection and a bond. So you've got to meet them.

It's very, very exciting for me to hear my songs on the radio and to play shows and have people know the words.

If a new artist wants to put out some sort of off-the-wall, crazy deep ballad about the sun or whatever, it might be hard to get traction. It's so much easier for someone established to put out a really heartfelt, deep song and get it played in radio.

Radio has had my back since 'Missin' You Crazy,' which was a very traditional kind of song.

I don't do CDs. I only do radio. That's the truth.

The climate at country radio is very, 'Let's keep it up-tempo,' probably best if you're a guy.

Now that I'm with RCA, they were able to get radio on board, and it's just really awesome to see their support and 'What Ifs' going to No. 1.

I think before, in the '80s, it was more about fashion and music videos and a lot of radio: getting out there and the fans learning who you were and your music.