Toby Keith
Toby Keith
Toby Keith Covel, known professionally as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor and record producer. Keith released his first four studio albums—1993's Toby Keith, 1994's Boomtown, 1996's Blue Moon and 1997's Dream Walkin', plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of Mercury Records before leaving Mercury in 1998. These albums all earned Gold or higher certification, and produced several chart singles, including his debut "Should've Been a Cowboy", which topped the country charts and was...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth8 July 1961
CityClinton, OK
CountryUnited States of America
I made sure the first artist I signed was Toby Keith.
I've got three or four really mainstream double-platinum kind of artists that are kind of late in their deals, too, that have contacted us. They trust in the fact that I'm willing to stand up and fight for the rights of songwriters and artists.
None of the Nashville labels think I'm going to make it. But I feel very confident about my new label, because I'm signed as the first act. And as long as I continue to sell records, the label is going to be outstanding.
We went from being an independent to one of the biggest and best labels in town, and in the merger we lost all identity, ... We were the little dog that barked loud (and) grew up to be a big dog, and when we merged we were powerless.
We're going to be an independent, ... but smell, walk, talk, look and record like a major.
During the playoffs, they never allowed a point. By the end of the season, teams were coming to scout us and that was the third grade. But we would out-execute them. Our kids were talented enough, they were hard to stop.
Through the years, a lot of it is just being around some great people like my dad and his friends who come up with those things. I've just claimed them after I've heard them.
Oh, and I don't want to die for youbut if dyin's asked of meI'll bear that cross with honor'cause freedom don't come free
Probably 75 percent of the people in this town think I'll fail, and the other 25 percent hope I fail,
This movie thing is creative. It's the most creative thing I've done in years.
It's that dark cloud, the glass half empty on everything you do. It just becomes too much for me. So I unplugged myself.
It's a pretty big undertaking with every business lesson I've ever learned in hand.
They're just other cities. With the type of technology we have today - there's no reason for me to live anywhere else, so I might as well stay at home.
It was the most creative thing I've done in a decade.