Darius Rucker

“What I love about each album is the opportunity to expand on what we've done in the past - to push myself and the band creatively, vocally, and lyrically.”

“Golf is the greatest but most maddening sport there is.”

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

“When you're doing a Motley Crue tribute record, you can ask anyone to do it, and they're not going to say no.”

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

“I'm used to being the only black guy. I've seriously walked onstage, looked out in the audience, 15,000 people - and I'm the only one in the place. It's no big deal. My whole career's been l...”

“Ray Charles has always been a big part of my life.”

“Remember the Stax label and how if you liked one record, you liked all the others as well? You don't talk to a lot of people who tell you how much they love their record label. I don't care...”

“If I did a show and didn't do Hootie songs, I would be ripping people off.”

“The thing that really gets me about the game is I've never played two rounds that were anywhere close to being the same - ever. Even with the same golf course and setup, nothing is ever the...”

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

“I've been a Robert Randolph fan forever, since 2001. I just thought he was so cool; you don't see a black kid playing the slide the way he plays. No one plays like Robert.”

“I got turned onto the 'Pat Garrett' soundtrack when I worked retail back in the day.”

“We work so hard to stay true to country music. People can say they don't like it, but they can't say it's not country.”

“I'm not a studio rat. I do find sitting around playing the same song 12 times kind of tedious. I like to get in and get out.”

“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.”

“To have John Mellencamp compliment my songwriting? That was unreal.”

“With 'Wagon Wheel,' I loved the visual it painted, and it's a song I can truly say I look forward to performing every night.”

“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 go...”