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My wife is cool enough to let me write about personal things, to be a songwriter exploring the shadowy sides of love.Dierks Bentley
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Seven has always been my lucky number. It's on my guitar pick; in sports, that was always the number I was, and 'Riser' is my seventh album. With this album kind of coming to an end and having seven nominations at the ACMs, it feels like a bigger story in play for me, and it's the perfect number. I wouldn't have wanted eight!Dierks Bentley
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Only in country music can you compare an old pickup truck and an old guitar to your wife and turn it into a love song... Thank God for country music.Dierks Bentley
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A Sunday morning spent reading the paper together, maybe drinking some mimosas, alone, and talking until noon. That would be pretty amazing. Married couples with kids will understand.Dierks Bentley
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But as far as being an American and loving this country and getting a chance to travel across it every day and meeting people on the road and folks in the military, I love this country on so many different levels.Dierks Bentley
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I try to make an album that reflects what I love about country music. It's not just all about happy parties all the time. There are some sad songs.Dierks Bentley
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I'm part of the party, getting the crowd fired up, singing songs, pouring drinks, whatever it takes to get them to have a good time. When I walk into the meet-and-greet, someone's always going to have a story, a sad story or a happy story.Dierks Bentley
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Everyone talks about new love all the time, but there's so much to draw from when you've been in a longer relationship. It makes me stick my chest out a little bit. It's like, 'I know what you've been through, but you don't know what it's like over here.'Dierks Bentley
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Some people associate red with love, but to me, red is for an earlier stage of a relationship. Black is much deeper, to me. It's certainly the sexiest color.Dierks Bentley