It seems that with other kind of music, they are looking for the next big thing, but with country music, they might be looking for that, but they also want to have that warm blanket that helped them through that relationship or that singer they have always loved.

Darius Rucker

There's two times of year for me: Football season, and waiting for football season.

I'm lucky my wife is a strong woman. She's one of the stronger people I've ever met. It's hard for me to be away, but I know my home life is fine because my wife is there.

Darius Rucker

Life Home Woman

We went to church every Sunday. When I was a kid, the only time I sang was around my family.

Darius Rucker

Time Family Very

Music education was always big for me. Ever since I was a young kid, I always said it was the reason I went to school sometimes and knowing if I didn't do well in class that my mom wasn't gonna let me sing in school or sing at that concert.

Darius Rucker

Time Music Mom

I'm pretty sure I'm gonna stick with country until I ride off in the sunset.

Darius Rucker

Wit Until UN

When I was growing up, I always knew that if I ever got anything, I was going to give back as much as I can. I learned that all you have to be willing to do is give your time.

Darius Rucker

Time Your You

There are so many people who would like to see me not make it in Nashville. But that's good motivation.

Darius Rucker

Good Would Who

I've got some great stuff in my sports memorabilia collection. But my favorite thing by far is the robe. I actually have a Ric Flair robe with 'the Nature Boy' on the back. That's awesome. When I look at it, it brings back so many memories of my childhood and my teen years.

Darius Rucker

Teen Sports Nature

Every time I have a song that does well, that's a great feeling to have.

Darius Rucker

Time Great Well

I love Christmas. I love the music... I love everything about Christmas. I'm a big fan.

Darius Rucker

Music Love Christmas

I pay almost no attention to the charts.

Darius Rucker

Art Tent Ten

One of the great reasons to be in Nashville is, you get guys like Shane McAnally to write songs with.

Darius Rucker

Great You Write

I played every position, from right tackle to quarterback and everything in between.

Darius Rucker

Art Very Thing

I've known Tiger since he was 18. Tiger is a great guy. I am so happy for him right now.

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Great Tiger T

Ric Flair was such a huge part of my childhood and teen years. He's an icon.

Darius Rucker

Teen Art Years

I think I made records, since early on, that people wanted to listen to.

Darius Rucker

Wanted Want Think

For me, the Mount Rushmore of greats would be Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, Hulk Hogan, Bruno Sammartino or Lou Thesz. You can do either one of them in that fourth spot. But I think Ric Flair is the greatest of all time. He's the greatest I've ever seen... on the mic and in the ring.

Darius Rucker

Time Great Art

I think I could take a job as an NFL scout.

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Think Thin Take

It seems that with other kind of music, they are looking for the next big thing, but with country music, they might be looking for that, but they also want to have that warm blanket that helped them through that relationship or that singer they have always loved.

Darius Rucker

War Relationship Music

If it wasn't for Kenny Rogers, I don't think I would be in country music. He was that guy when I was a kid - his music and 'Hee Haw' made me perk my ears up and made me say, 'What is this? I want to hear more of that.' He was that catalyst for me to start this whole run in country music.

Darius Rucker

Music Art Would

I love jam bands, but I still like a three-and-a-half-minute rock song.

Darius Rucker

The other guys in Hootie were into rock. I brought the country influence.

Darius Rucker

I'm going to make country records back to back for a while - until country radio doesn't want me anymore or until I get my own theater in Branson - one of the two.

Darius Rucker

I'm a kid who grew up in an all African-American neighborhood and got into schools and aspired to just be me, and didn't worry about labels or anything. Just wanted to be a success at what I did.

Darius Rucker

I was an 8-year-old who loved wrestling and watched it religiously every Saturday at one o'clock.

Darius Rucker

Whether you are on stage or playing golf, all it takes is one person to throw everything off.

Darius Rucker

There's a lot of stuff I thought I'd do in the world, but I never thought I'd have a street named after me in my hometown. It's a great feeling.

Darius Rucker

One of the things that I'm dying to do is to sing the hook on a big rap song.

Darius Rucker

Everything that I do on stage comes from seeing the Black Crowes in '95 in Charlotte. For 'Let Her Cry,' I was just trying to write 'She Talks to Angels.'

Darius Rucker

There's nothing like sitting and watching the Masters on TV.

Darius Rucker

I'd be lying to say I've not experienced a lot of racism in my life; it's very much alive. I don't let it bother me. I couldn't be the singer I am if I didn't let it go.

Darius Rucker

I'd work with Charles Kelley anytime. I'd go do a 'Pancho and Lefty' record with Charles. He is class, man.

Darius Rucker

Great music will always rise to the top if you give it a chance.

Darius Rucker

As a kid, I was big into Al Green, Gladys Knight and the Pips, but as I got older, I started listening to all sorts of music, including country.

Darius Rucker

I expect to make a career out of country music.

Darius Rucker

For me, '52nd Street' is quintessential Billy Joel. I bought that record as a kid and listened to it so much.

Darius Rucker

I make records so I can go on tour. There's nothing else. I love to go out and play for people.

Darius Rucker

I love Bob Dylan. 'Blood on the Tracks' is one of my top five records.

Darius Rucker

It was important to me to find a label that wouldn't back out after a first single. Everyone's so used to hearing me with Hootie, they're going to be skeptical.

Darius Rucker

I have major respect for Kenny Chesney and Carrie Underwood and Sugarland. They are wonderful. They're superstars in the music business.

Darius Rucker

I'm going to do whatever I want as long as it's country. I mean, I'm not much on naysayers, so I'll just do whatever. If I like it, I'll do it.

Darius Rucker

When I was in high school, I read all of Neil Simon's plays.

Darius Rucker

I love Hootie & the Blowfish and what we do, but that's not my main focus anymore.

Darius Rucker

You always wanna make the best record you ever made, and if I feel like I didn't do that, I wouldn't put it out.

Darius Rucker

I love making music, and I love touring. I love that I get to wake up and play music. I don't like being away from my wife and kids.

Darius Rucker

I grew up in South Carolina. A lot of what I remember back in the day is AM radio. When I was a kid, you could hear Stevie Wonder and Buck Owens on the same station. All the walls and lines between music were taken down for me.

Darius Rucker

Everybody wants to have a good time, especially at a concert. That's why everybody goes.

Darius Rucker

It's hokey, but I love sitting in an inner tube and taking it easy on a lazy river ride. I can sit there all day.

Darius Rucker

I always say, no matter what happens to me as a black man in country music, I can handle it if Charley Pride could handle all the stuff he went through.

Darius Rucker

Hearing Radney Foster was big for me, like hearing Al Green or R.E.M. for the first time.

Darius Rucker