Gary Allan
Gary Allan
Gary Allan Herzberg, known professionally as Gary Allan, is an American country music artist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth5 December 1967
CityLa Mirada, CA
CountryUnited States of America
running rain storm
Every storm runs out of rain.
people labels looks
Shoot, there's a committee to tell you everything at a record label. You definitely have to know who you are if you want to look like you at the end of the process. We've all seen people get record contracts, and by the time they're spit out by the machine, we don't even recognize them.
forever want said
I've always said I've wanted to be around forever. I never wanted to be the latest, greatest thing. I want to be like Willie Nelson - touring when I'm 70. To do that, you can't be the latest, greatest thing because those things fizzle out.
song writing thinking
I try never to focus on the radio, just find great songs, find emotion and just write the best songs you can. I think when you get fixated on trying to do something too accurate, it becomes more washed out and less what you intended it to be. So I think each time the challenge for me is to try and reinvent a little bit.
country cutting musical
I really like the old stuff that I cut my musical teeth on, and I loved it when the industry was just like that, without really a genre. Today, country radio's more aimed at a demographic than a genre. It just softens everything.
fun play house
I love the intimacy of venues like the House of Blues. When everyone is packed in and so close to you, it makes you play differently. It's so much more fun to play because there's so much more high energy in a place like that.
song writing people
I try to write relevant songs about life and whatever I'm going through and whatever people are going through.
albums done different
I've never listened to an album once I've finished it. All I hear is what I should've done different. I beat myself up over it.
dog fall littles
If you come on my property, I've got you from the second that you enter on. There's little lasers my TVs come on in my room and fall just right on you. So, there's no way to sneak up on me. And I've got a loud dog.
people records likes
I am so anti-people's opinions when I'm making a record, but when it's finished and I put it out there, I hope somebody likes it.
people opinion flailing
When you take other people's opinions, you end up flailing and you have no center.
artist next wonder
Everything about the music industry takes away from you as an artist. They're always wondering what the next thing is: 'What do you have?' It's a very introverted process.
firsts musician behinds
If you date a musician, you're never, ever really gonna be first either. You're gonna be right behind the music and maybe right close.
thinking ties band
My whole back's tattooed. I just wanted a twist. I was always in punk bands when I was little I think that's where the tie comes from.