Randy Travis Quotes

All my albums are evolutions, one on top of the other.

I want to be the kind of artist who keeps pushing on every album. I don't want to settle on a sound.

I want to grow as an artist, and I'm taking a step out. I want my music to mature.

Elvis might have compromised his musical style a bit towards the end, but that doesn't mean that artists from the rock n' roll/folk-roots culture - of which he was not really a part - shouldn't get better as they get older, like the great jazz or blues artists.

I feel like I introduce another level of my creative ability on every album.

I think everybody knows my sound because I'm me, you know? But, on your fourth album, I think you've definitely gotta show growth because I definitely don't plan on being one of those cats that fade off. It's always about growing with me; I grew up over the years.

The way to judge a new artist is by listening to their albums and gauging the progress that they make from the first record to the next one.

You can't stay the same. If you're a musician and a singer, you have to change, that's the way it works.

We've always done what we do, and we go out and try and get better with each record we make.

We're still evolving as a band. I think that's really important for a band to do, especially after being around for so many years.

I can't make hard street music for the rest of my life. Your references change.

I can see that if this was an album done 10 or 15 years ago we could see we were moving on to some place else.

A Tribe Called Quest was one of those things where it was supposed to be about growth. When I say 'growth,' I don't just mean with our sound or our product, but Tribe was supposed to grow as individuals.

I think that every band tries to mature their sound through their existence, you know?

It's like, how do you continue to make records that are representative of who you are that your fans will recognize as your band, while still trying to push things forward and present new sounds for people.

I've been making music for a long time, since I was very young, but at the same time, I'm still exploring what works for me. I feel like I'm just starting out.

Any band on their first couple records is just trying to keep up with their inspiration.

If our history can challenge the next wave of musicians to keep moving and changing, to keep spiritually hungry and horny, that's what it's all about.

Me and Jerry left because we felt we weren't getting anywhere playing our old songs in tiny clubs. The group was getting stale and staying behind the times.

I feel like bands should be growing, living, functioning entities and to crystallize a band into a single album, and for that to be a touchstone - I understand it from a fan's perspective but I also feel like it's a little bit misleading in terms of the way bands actually function.

You're always in a different headspace when you make each record, so hopefully they're all different. You just pick up things that you wish you hadn't done on the first one.

Every record I do is a learning process for how I want to do the next one.

There's been a progression in my sound.

I could write songs about politics, but I'm conscious of not writing songs that sound the same as the ones I wrote 30 years ago.

Music should be pushed forward.