Sing-Alongs Quotes

I'm mainstream, and I have pretty chart-tastic tastes. I don't often veer away from a big melodic song with big words for big stadiums.

I like having big hooks and big records and sing-a-longs.

When I was maybe three years old, I was obsessed with this song 'Leader of the Band' by Dan Fogelberg. My mom took me to the mall and bought me a 45 of it. We would listen to that song all the time.

Growing up in the '90s, I just loved 'Ice Ice Baby.' I knew, and still know, every single word to that song.

I have an unabashed adoration of cheesy pop music.

Whenever I'd go anywhere with my dad - in his 1980 burgundy Dodge Ram - he'd always listen to mix tapes of country-music stars like Garth Brooks, Clint Black and Willie Nelson. Those were the first songs I ever learned the words to.

A good song's a good song, and well known songs take on meaning in people's lives.

I love my pop music.

That's the perfect audience: singing along to every word, knowing the songs, appreciating the non-hit songs, stuff like that.

I worked at Johnny Rockets. For one day. I had to quit because they said that anytime a particular song comes on the jukebox, all the servers have to stop and do this special sing-along and dance, and I just knew that I wouldn't be returning.

I'm a huge Lionel Richie fan, and sometimes we actually listen to Lionel Richie on the bus.

'This Means War' is up there with 'Hail to the King' in terms of crowd reaction and kids chanting for it.

We've never been a band that gets up on stage and says, 'OK, we're going to play our entire new album.' Of course we want to introduce new music, but we also want to play the songs people want to sing along with.

I like Fisher Price music, nursery rhymes, and the alphabet song.

What we're most known for is the catchy choruses and the big hooks.

I would sing to my Beanie Babies, and I sort of created this alternate universe where I was famous, and there were thousands of people that I was singing to.

I grew up in the New Zealand countryside. We didn't have television until I was 14, so sing-alongs were our only entertainment.

I grew up listening to show tunes in the back of the car.

My mom had a tape of Patsy Cline's greatest hits, and whenever we were in the car, she would put it on, and it got to the point where I knew all the words to every one of the songs, and I knew what order they came in on the tape.

Certain songs are almost like folk songs, which I love. I love folk music, and if you listen to 'Live Bullet,' there's 'Jody Girl,' which is almost a folk song, and I've always loved folk music. Quiet music, I don't try to do that with - I try to set a mood. But most of the stuff I do enjoy recording is up-tempo, and yes, I try to recreate that.

I like it when I can sing half of a verse and throw the mike in some kid's face, and they sing it right back to me.

I was raised on Josh White, the Weavers and Pete Seeger. The music was everywhere. You'd go to a party at somebody's apartment and there would be fifty people there, singing well into the night.

I don't want to do children's music. I write kids songs, but the kids songs I write are for my kids - like when I'm putting them to bed. We sing some song that we made up but I don't want to make a record like that.

It's always fun to see fans getting into the rhythm, enjoying our performance, and seeing them sing along with us!

Seeing a live Kenny Chesney show, you know what you're going to get. You know it's going to be an all-day party.