Randy Travis
Randy Travis
Randy Bruce Traywick, better known by his stage name Randy Travis, is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor. Since 1985, he has recorded 20 studio albums and charted more than 50 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, and 16 of these were number-one hits. Considered a pivotal figure in the history of country music, Travis broke through in the mid-1980s with the release of his album Storms of Life, which sold more than four million copies. The album...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth4 May 1959
CityMarshville, NC
CountryUnited States of America
You know, I think you have to sound right singing whatever it is that you sing.
You don't have to get beat up as many times as I did to come to your senses. Certainly I wish I'd come to mine earlier than I did.
When Mama prayed, lives were changed. Not much more than five foot tall, but mountains big and small crumbled all away.
Armies gather in the East for the war that's soon to come. Death will march with the mark of the beast, so seek the light and walk with the Son.
I've been singing since I was 8 years old and working in clubs since I was 14. I've been working full time since I was 16.
The teacher left her wisdom, in the minds of lots of children, and did her best to give them all a better start.
I just couldn't stand school. If I went, I'd skip after the first class. I didn't like to be told I had to study and had to do homework. There's a fact that you have to want to learn.
I don't know whether schooling would have helped me get farther along in music at this time. I doubt it would have.
I've learned the importance of loving what you do. I have also learned more patience due to the nature of the music business.
In too deep to see the diamond, down too dark to see the gold. Now he won't let go of the shovel, and he cannot dig out of the hole.
You almost felt sorry for the devil cause heaven knows he didn't have a prayer, when Mama prayed.
For me, having come to study and understand some of the Bible and finally getting saved made a huge difference in me, because my wife was a big influence on that. I saw in her, when I first met her, a persons soul at peace with everything and everybody around her.
You dont have to get beat up as many times as I did to come to your senses. Certainly I wish Id come to mine earlier than I did.
The peak of a career can only last so long. You go up and you try to maintain it. But, it can only last so long and then you're going to go down.