Jim Ed Brown Quotes

As a country singer, there is only one place you dream of playing in your lifetime, and that is the Grand Ole Opry House.

I would have to say I've been on the 'Opry' at least 30-35-40 times a year for... 51-52 years.

I love Nashville. It's such a great town, and I'm a huge country music fan. That's what I listen to on the radio in the car.

Stand-up is my heart and now I get a chance to do that and the music altogether. That's going to be great. I'm trying to be the Sammy Davis Jr. of 2005. I'm planning on going out with Cedric the Entertainer because he's got that musical bone, too.

I've played the Opry before.

I have a great time with my band and on the stage we get along well.

I wanna go play my music in a club.

I am blessed to perform in the studio and on the concert stage.

My mom took me to a Dolly Parton concert when I was 3.

Ooooh, I love Nashville! It seems like everywhere you walk, there's great music coming out of every wall.

SDC has a great reputation for putting live music on stage.

He learned through the way that my father and I felt about his songs, his country songs, that they were great songs. And then he went out and sang them for the audiences that we found, and he found a tremendous reaction to that.

Standing center stage in the six foot circle of wood cut from the stage of the Ryman is something I never take for granted. The history and legacy of that circle is awe-inspiring.

I love playing arenas; it's the best thing.

The first time I remember going to Nashville was in 1971 back when 'Snowbird' was a hit and I performed at the Grand Ole Opry.

I have a great band from Jersey and New York. I say that because they got great attitude, and we have a great time on stage.

I got to perform at the Grand Ole Opry, which is just so amazing. That stage is iconic; it was awesome being on it.

Growing up, the Opry was my Hollywood.

I studied acting and there's certainly an element of performance. I think that the songs are in many ways written to be performed. I think about what it's going to be like to sing them on stage rather than what it's going to be like to have someone at home listening to them on a CD. I guess in that way there's a connection between my acting experience and the songwriting and the way the songs are written.

Kitty Wells was the first and only Queen of Country Music, no matter what they call the rest of us. She was a great inspiration to me as well as every other female singer in the country music business. In addition to being a wonderful asset to country music, she was a wonderful woman.

You don't want me to sing. I could do a really bad karaoke scene, if I had to, but I'd probably choose to rap.

I can only say the first thing that pops into my mind is I remember, years ago, seeing kind of a has-been country singer working - when I first moved to Nashville - in a bar in a Holiday Inn.

Music was always a big part of my family. Only a few of us had the talent - or the courage - to walk out on a stage.

That night at Carnegie Hall was a great experience. When the thing was first put up to me I was a little dubious, not knowing just what would be expected of us.

Playing live was always definitely a lot more fun. You picture it: working alone in the studio eight or 10 hours a day with nobody else there, being frustrated and driven crazy by all of the things that you have to deal with, vs. thousands of people screaming and singing along with you playing.