Joe Nichols Art Quotations

Sometimes as an artist you get wrapped up in what you are doing and you can't be objective.

For me, I wanted somebody that got me musically, that understood that I'm an artist and this is who I am. I'm not going to be like another artist on your label, probably - hopefully. I found all those things with the Broken Bow group.

If one artist sells five million albums, the tendency is for other artists to say, 'Maybe I should do a little of that, too.' That can be tough to resist.

I think every artist would love to just please themselves musically all day long.

I wanted to make a traditional record that had a lot of art and showed my vulnerable side and showed things I'm passionate about.

The people who are competing business-wise out there want what other successful labels and artists have. I don't want what they have; I want my own path, my own sound, my own identity. Record labels care nothing about identity or artistic freedom, they want good business.