Jason McCoy Quotes

My family is my priority.

– Jason McCoy

Porsche is a driver’s car – a performance car. That was funny – here’s this awesome car, but it’s got no cup holders.

– Jason McCoy

Most of the time I don’t force records. I’m not one of these guys that put records out every nine, 10 months. I’m pretty long between records. I’ve only had a few in my career. I kind of wait until I feel I have really strong songs. I don’t know if they’re going to change the world or not, but I dig ’em, and if I dig ’em we make a record.

– Jason McCoy

The stage and the live crowd taught me to think on my feet, to improvise.

– Jason McCoy

I’m a cowboy. I wear a hat. I drive a 4×4 Silverado diesel truck. I’ve got a farm.

– Jason McCoy

I listen more to music when I’m on my computer. I’m into the latest YouTube thing. I’m a nanosecond kind of listener, but if I’m driving I would be listening to a Merle Haggard box set. It’s a weird experience listening to ‘Working Man Blues’ by Merle Haggard and cruising around in a Porsche.

– Jason McCoy

If I’m going on any trip, driving music is key. Road Hammers is good driving music. I don’t mind listening to my own stuff. You record it for a certain reason. You fall in a love with a certain song at a certain time and how you record it is a labour of love. You better love it.

– Jason McCoy

I honestly think that’s one of the greatest motivators of art – the fear of not making great art.

– Jason McCoy

Grade 9: I was too small for football, too shy for drama class, but I did have a passion for music. And so, with a mouth full of braces (and a glorious mullet), I accepted that the trombone would be a fantastic scholastic counterpart to my extracurricular loves: country music, and the guitar.

– Jason McCoy