Anybody that has followed closely what I’ve been doing can see from ‘Home,’ being as big a hit as it was, it kind of opened the door for me to try new things musically. – Blake Shelton
It is one of the most validating things for an artist like me, to have people sing along to your songs. – Blake Shelton
I’m not a summertime guy. The only time I really enjoy the summer is touring and performing because there is nothing else for me to do at home. It’s too hot, and you can’t farm. You can’t hunt. – Blake Shelton
The way my family always did Christmas was on Christmas Eve, it wasn’t really centered around a dinner on Christmas Eve. It was more about keeping the kids calm. Sometime after dark is when we were going to open all the presents underneath the tree from Mom, Dad and the kids and everything – just the family presents was every Christmas Eve. – Blake Shelton
I’m not that smart, but I’m smart enough to know that if Usher wants to help you, you let him. – Blake Shelton
I lost my brother in a car wreck when I was 14 years old. When I decided I wanted to be a country singer, my dad always told me, ‘Son, you should write a song about your brother.’ – Blake Shelton
I got a job working at a publishing company, Balmur Music, which was a company that Anne Murray was a co-owner in, as a tape copy guy. Eventually, I got fired from that job. – Blake Shelton
If there’s one thing special about me, it’s that I seem familiar. People feel like I live next door. – Blake Shelton
Somebody will come on TV singing, and you’re like, ‘Oh my God! I mean, they suck! You know, who signed them?’ Well, it’s just because she’s good lookin’, or it’s because he’s takin’ his shirt off and he’s muscley or something, or else he wouldn’t have gotten his chance. – Blake Shelton
In country music, one of the ways we may have gone wrong in the past is trying to be politically correct all the time. – Blake Shelton
I’m not too big on cats, and sometimes I’ll say something like that, and people get so mad at me. But the truth is, I don’t care if they get mad. – Blake Shelton
When I think about the songs I might record, I ask myself, ‘Can I picture anybody I know back home sitting in their truck cranking this up?’ – Blake Shelton
I always wished I had a song like that George Strait song, ‘The Chair’, ’cause it’s basically just a guy trying to pick up a girl at a bar. – Blake Shelton
I get the same feeling walking into the Opry House as I do when I see one of my heroes. – Blake Shelton
Going to college and studying music is not a bad idea at all. I don’t know if you can go to college and be taught heart. – Blake Shelton
I’m good at anything that’s country – biscuits, gravy, chicken-fried steak. Look at me, for God’s sake. I cook what I like to eat. – Blake Shelton
I stand by the stuff I say, even the really stupid stuff. I’ll find a way to justify it. – Blake Shelton
I love my band – they are the best out there, and I wouldn’t want to perform with anyone else. – Blake Shelton
I get on Twitter, one of my routines during the day, if I’m home is, I wake up, get a cup of coffee, turn on the Weather Channel and I’ll look at what people are saying to me on Twitter on my phone. – Blake Shelton
The wussiest thing a guy can do is drive a clean truck. Dents, scratches and mud – that’s manly. – Blake Shelton
