Brad Paisley
Brad Paisley
Brad Douglas Paisleyis an American country music singer and songwriter. Starting with his 1999 debut album, Who Needs Pictures, he has released 10 studio albums and a Christmas compilation on the Arista Nashville label, with all of his albums certified Gold or higher by the RIAA. He has scored 32 top 10 singles on the U.S. Billboard Country Airplay chart, 19 of which have reached #1. He set a new record in 2009 for most consecutive singlesreaching the top spot...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth28 October 1972
CityGlen Dale, WV
CountryUnited States of America
I've been on the road I think probably three years.
I love to play. When I'm off, I feel a little lost - like, shouldn't I be on stage somewhere?
I jetset around and play these songs and get to hang with some pretty amazing people, then I go home to a really great farm, though actually it's a disaster area of a farm at the moment. But it's certainly a blast. I wouldn't trade lives with anyone right now.
When you're a creative person, there are just times when you're not listening. You know, I could be looking right at you and thinking about something else.
No one dislikes LL Cool J. If you meet LL Cool J, you fall in love with LL Cool J. LL and I had mutual friends, and he and I had always talked about doing something. My fans know LL's music. And I love him - we're blood brothers at this point. We've been through the fire together. I know no finer person.
I'm a huge, huge fan of almost everything British. I love 'The Office' - I was a faithful follower of that show before the American version.
My father's a firefighter. He was my whole life. And my brother-in-law and several family members are firefighters.
I've always known from the time I was eight years old what I wanted to do. I would have been fairly content to be someone's lead guitar player.
Date night is important, even if it's going to Schlotzsky's.
I don't have, you know, an 'overcoming addiction' story, other than the guitar itself, and I haven't overcome that. I don't have a jail time, you know, story, or any arrests.
No one can make the album they made 10 years ago with a straight face. There are two reasons: one is you change as a person. To be a true artist, I have to be true to who I am now and write that way. And the second thing is these are different times.
They really look forward to meeting you, or seeing you. And thank God for that, because that's really the thing that keeps you alive.
I think the Festival is great for the music and for the fans. It's a great way for everyone to come together, and I know everyone who comes has a blast. It gives a real lift to Country Music because it's such a positive event, and it's fun for everyone.
I think the way you keep from succumbing to that temptation of Nashville to follow the mainstream is, you have to look inside yourself.