Chris Stapleton
Chris Stapleton
Christopher Alvin "Chris" Stapletonis an American country and bluegrass musician and songwriter. He is an established songwriter with six number-one songs including the five-week number-one "Never Wanted Nothing More" recorded by Kenny Chesney, "Love's Gonna Make It Alright" recorded by George Strait, and "Come Back Song" recorded by Darius Rucker. As a songwriter, over 150 of Stapleton's songs have appeared on albums by such artists as Adele, Luke Bryan, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley and Dierks Bentley. He has co-written with...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSongwriter
Date of Birth15 April 1978
CountryUnited States of America
I like songs that make me feel tough. Like 'Back in Black.' You want to hear it again and get in a fight.
I like to put something on and want to listen to it again once I get done listening to it, not feel like I need an ear break.
I'm not a hustler. I don't pitch songs. I don't ask people to write with me. It's not what I do.
It's such a strange marriage, a song and someone that sings it. When that works, it really works, and when it doesn't, it doesn't.
I'm a fan of polarization. If you make something that is palatable to everybody, it's like making vanilla ice cream, and I think we have enough of that.
I grew up in eastern Kentucky, and we would sing in the churches, and there's lots of good mountain church singers out there. Like a lot of folks who turn out to be secular music artists, that's a lot of the training you put in, whether you know it or not.
I walked into a demo session one time, and a guy said, 'I'm thinking kind of like a Trace Adkins thing.' And I looked him right in the eye and said, 'Man, you've got the wrong guy. I'm gonna have to fire myself. You've got to hire somebody else.'
Anytime that another artist or a critic that is well-respected says something nice about you, you're always thankful and hope that you can live up to that.
Country music is one of those places where we support each other and prop each other up.
At the end of the day, I just have to do what I do and let it be what it's gonna be.
As long as people are buying music, it's good for everybody.
I've always been in touring bands in some capacity.
My dad was a very straight arrow, prayed-at-every-meal kind of guy.
Music is not a game to me. I take it very seriously.