Rodney Atkins
Rodney Atkins
Rodney Allan Atkinsis an American country music artist. Signed to Curb Records in 1996, he charted his first single on the Billboard country chart in 1997, but did not release an album until 2003's Honesty, which included the number 4 hit "Honesty"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth28 March 1969
CityKnoxville, TN
CountryUnited States of America
pray sing songs time touch
I don't want to sing songs that aren't worth while. Time is so rare. I just don't want to waste the listener's time and I think that my songs don't do that. That's what I pray for. I want songs that really touch people's hearts.
albums lightly songs thrived trying
Where I'm fortunate and why I think I've thrived and survived, through the not having albums out every year-and-a-half, is not taking the songs lightly and trying to make sure I've got consistency.
middle nowhere rural singing songs whether
I think my songs are singing to the rural heart. It's not whether you're from a big city or the middle of nowhere in a small town.
connect drawn everybody relate songs trying ways
Every song you're trying to find something that going to connect in different ways but for me the songs that I'm really drawn to are inspirational, songs that lift you and that everybody can relate to no matter where you're from.
bad believing choose days good life pull record songs
You choose to be happy, and in life we have as many good days as bad days. I try to find and record those songs that pull you through the bad days, and keep you believing that the good days are just around the corner.
country grew music run somebody songs whether wrote
My wife grew up loving country music, so I always run songs by her whether I wrote it or if somebody pitched it to me.
country daughter song
Just when I thought it couldnt get no hotter I fell in love with the farmer's daughter
song trying matter
Every song youre trying to find something that going to connect in different ways but for me the songs that Im really drawn to are inspirational, songs that lift you and that everybody can relate to no matter where youre from.
song writing eye
You wind up creating from silence, like painting a picture on a blank canvas that could bring tears to somebody's eyes. As songwriters, our blank canvas is silence. Then we write a song from an idea that can change somebody's life. Songwriting is the closest thing to magic that we could ever experience. That's why I love songwriting.
song blessing artist
It's just a blessing. Artists search and search for songs that will connect for a new artist because the familiarity is so low. People don't know what you look like. It's just so unbelievable to find a song that people are relating to. To have a song that people will actually pick up the phone and call the station to ask. It's a blessing.
bought demos folks great label online pro record turned
I started doing some demos and got online and bought a refurbished laptop, bought a microphone off of eBay. A lot of folks said you can't really do it that way at a pro level, but I did some vocals that way, turned it into the label and they said, 'Wow, where did you record this? The vocals sound great!'
good guitar love music playing singing sitting
The way I started playing music was sitting around with friends and singing songs. I love good ol' fashioned guitar pulls.
There's nothing special about me. Nothing has come easy.
best family pay regular singing trying
My family and I are just regular folks, just trying to get through the day and do the best you can and pay the bills, and that's who we're singing to.