I probably have the crappiest tattoo––not only in country music––but maybe the world. — Blake Shelton

God–dang–it, country music is my heart. — Blake Shelton

I’ve spent a lifetime in love with country music. — Blake Shelton

I grew up listening to 1980s country music, mostly. Early ’90s. That time period was my favorite. — Blake Shelton

I’ve never played it safe on my own music. — Blake Shelton

Taylor deserves it. I don’t think there is anyone with half a brain that would say otherwise. She has done a lot for us in country music. We are lucky enough in country music to call her one of us. — Blake Shelton

In country music, one of the ways we may have gone wrong in the past is trying to be politically correct all the time. — Blake Shelton

Whoa!!! I heard I offended one of my all time favorite artists Ray Price by my statement ‘Nobody wants to listen to their grandpas music. — Blake Shelton

I got a job working at a publishing company, Balmur Music, which was a company that Anne Murray was a co–owner in, as a tape copy guy. Eventually, I got fired from that job. — Blake Shelton

I moved to Nashville at 17 to make music, and since then I’ve put everything I have into doing it right. — Blake Shelton

All her music is about killing guys and burning their houses down and beating up people … that’s my wife! what do you want me to do? i’m not going to chAllenge her! — Blake Shelton

I still love farming and gardening and things like that in the summertime. — Blake Shelton

My fans are the best; I love hanging with them. — Blake Shelton

I love my band–they are the best out there, and I wouldn’t want to perform with anyone else. — Blake Shelton

If we had known our love would come to this we could have saved our hearts the hurt of wasted years. — Blake Shelton

I love Cee Lo, but I avoid him when he’s holding that smelly cat. — Blake Shelton

Don’t waste your time lookin’ over your shoulder; those loves from the past ain’t getting’ no closer. When I look in my future, you’re all I can see, so honey, don’t go lovin’ on nobody but me. — Blake Shelton

One of my all–time favorite country singers is a guy named Conway Twitty. — Blake Shelton

Shoot, man, I love everybody! I don’t have time to hate. — Blake Shelton

For the life of me, I’ll never understand how you can be an artist but not want people to understand who you are as a person. — Blake Shelton

The Grand Ole Opry is an artist, and I am proud to be one of its songs. — Blake Shelton

Every day, somebody has a song they want you to hear, and you’re stupid if you don’t listen to it because you never know what you may find. — Blake Shelton

I lost my brother in a car wreck when I was 14 years old. When I decided I wanted to be a country singer, my dad always told me, ‘Son, you should write a song about your brother.’ — Blake Shelton

I had so much fun playing songs from ‘Based On A True Story…’ and getting to see the crowd’s reaction to those songs was unforgettable. — Blake Shelton

I’m not the kind of person who thrives in ‘the scene.’ I know that when this is all over, and I’m no longer cool, I’m going to be just as happy because I’m going to be at home. — Blake Shelton

I get on Twitter, one of my routines during the day, if I’m home is, I wake up, get a cup of coffee, turn on the Weather Channel and I’ll look at what people are saying to me on Twitter on my phone. — Blake Shelton

I like California but I’m dyed–in–the–wool Oklahoma. I see a deer in L.A., and everybody’s standing around it taking pictures. Back home, that’s the enemy! — Blake Shelton

A lot of these people become like fAmily to me, we’re in the trenches together. — Blake Shelton

I’ve always had just enough success to buy me some more tour dates and another record. — Blake Shelton

When people hear this record, they may not know what happened to me, but they’re gon na know how i felt about it. and that’s exciting for me, to just lay it out there for people. — Blake Shelton

When I think about the songs I might record, I ask myself, ‘Can I picture anybody I know back home sitting in their truck cranking this up?’ — Blake Shelton

I took one look at her and just saId, ‘If you have thIs strong of a reactIon to a song, you need to record It!’. — Blake Shelton

I love to deer hunt and fish and drive down the back roads in my truck. All those things basically equal freedom to me–and not having to return that message or call from my record company or management. — Blake Shelton

They paired me with miranda, and we were on stage for rehearsal, and i don’t know, something just happened, and we both knew it. — Blake Shelton

I was a marrIed guy, you know? standIng up there and sIngIng wIth somebody and goIng, ‘man, thIs shouldn’t be happenIng.’ lookIng back on that, I was fallIng In love wIth her, rIght there on stage. — Blake Shelton

Standing center stage in the six foot circle of wood cut from the stage of the Ryman is something I never take for granted. The history and legacy of that circle is awe–inspiring. — Blake Shelton

I defend our mIlItary, I don’t lIke people who talk s––t about our mIlItary no matter what arm or leg It Is. — Blake Shelton