Charlie Worsham Quotes

Working with Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson takes you up another level.

And I got to know Red Foley well. And I got to know Lefty really well, he was a great guy.

I really want to work with Rufus Wainwright. Michael Stipe from R.E.M. I would love to work with Kanye West.

I'd love to work with Snoop Dogg, Skrillex, Lil Wayne, Kendrick Lamar.

I love Loretta Lynn, and I love Roy Clark and Johnny Cash, everybody.

Collaboration is a vital part of my creative life. I've had success with Guy Clark and Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash.

I want to play the Grand Ole Opry for sure. And I want to meet and play with people like Emmylou Harris and Vince Gill.

Before I even got signed as a teen, I was singing with people like Hoyt Axton and Mickey Gilley. I worked with Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard.

There's a lot of people I'd like to write with, like Keith Urban or even as far out as Stevie Wonder.

Some artists will tell you that's all they want to do is write their own music, and that's great, but George Strait, Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Garth Brooks, they didn't write everything they recorded, and they've had major, major careers. I think it's all about the best song.

That's the cool thing, when I get to work with people I love. The biggest has probably been Kris Kristofferson on 'Bloodworth.'

I was in Australia in about 1996 when I played some acoustic guitar for some guys at a studio down there. They were pretty happy with it, and mentioned doing an album, so about a year later I met some people who were interested in recording.

Jeremih has been my favorite artist to collab with.

Waylon Jennings and I had a lot of fun recording together.

I have been fortunate enough to record several singles and a whole album with Chet Atkins.

I probably had the most fun recording For Richer For Poorer in Nashville.

The thing I like about 'Nashville,' it just happens to be about musicians, and all the music is practical, meaning it's performed at a concert or during a rehearsal.

When you look around right now, Nashville is kind of going through another changing of guard; you're watching the Martina McBrides and the Faith Hills and all of them that have been the big stars for the last however many years, and the next generation is coming in: Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, those girls.

I have major respect for Kenny Chesney and Carrie Underwood and Sugarland. They are wonderful. They're superstars in the music business.

I began hearing rumors of apossible recording session with Neil Young. I was a huge fan of Neil's.

It'd be cool to do something with Coldplay, and Ryan Tedder's amazing.

I love working with producers, like doing the record with Laidback Luke on 'Turbulence' and working with Afrojack on 'No Beef.'

I tell my audiences today that I served 10 years in Nashville! That's a joke, of course; I was grateful for the work. Bob Ferguson, who produced Connie Smith, Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton, started calling me in.

The studio is really fun because I don't make it into the studio unless I've got something I really like. I love working with different musicians in the studio; that's a real joy, working with someone for the first time.

You booked him, and you didn't worry about crowds. For drawing power in the South, it was Roy Acuff, then God.