12 Quotes & Sayings By Sam Hunt

Sam Hunt is a Grammy and CMA award winning singer and songwriter. He is the only artist in history to have three songs in the Top 10 simultaneously: "Leave the Night On," "Leave the Night On," and "Take Your Time" in 2014, 2015, and 2016 respectively. His current single, "Body Like a Back Road," is currently at #1 on Spotify's US Country chart and debuted at #1 on the US Country Airplay chart. He released his third studio album, Montevallo, on February 17th, 2018 Read more

He was also honored with the Americana Music Association Artist of the Year award at the 2017 Americana Music Festival and Conference in Nashville and with a BMI Icon Award at their 2018 ceremony in Los Angeles.

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I drove right into the music with the same sort of attitude as I went into the football stuff with. Just found a routine and hard work, and it helped me progress a lot faster. Sam Hunt
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I'm conflicted about the lyric tattoo thing. I feel like that's a lifetime decision, and I always feel like, 'I hope you don't regret this a couple years from now when you get tired of that song.' Sam Hunt
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The first song I learned on the guitar was a Kenny Chesney song called 'What I Need to Do' it was just an easy song to play... and it was really cool to see that come full-circle a few years later and have him record a song that I was part of. Sam Hunt
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In a small town, it's either sports or a band with your buddies. I was always athletic. But in college, I was exposed to all this new music, and I was drawn to hip-hop and R&B. Sam Hunt
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I've always craved winning. It's just easier in sports because there's a scoreboard. Sam Hunt
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Any chance to get out and play live for some people and get out of the studio is nice. Sam Hunt
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I played quarterback, and it was a leadership position, and even though I'm doing a solo thing now, a lot of my success is a part of assembling this team of people who are really, really talented, and their position doesn't put them out front the way mine does, but it's still a team effort. Sam Hunt
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Prior to getting into music, I interacted with, on a daily basis, about 5-10 percent of the people that I've interacted with since then. I've been meeting people from different backgrounds and different cultures. That did allow for a lot of change. I've changed as a product of that, but it's been positive. Sam Hunt
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I have two or three guys that I'm really close to. We have a great friendship, and I think that helps our songwriting relationship. It's hard to start... with new people and cover the ground that I've covered with those guys. Sam Hunt
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I had some interesting costumes... the one that I remember right offhand is Zorro when I was a lot younger. I was a big time Zorro fan. My mom helped me make it, and I remember having a big issue with the fact that she wouldn't let me carry around a real metal sword; it just had to be plastic. Sam Hunt
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I didn't know what to expect, having not been an artist before. From the outside, you only see romantic snapshots of what seems like a great lifestyle, and it is, but it's also grueling. Sam Hunt