I love Christmas. I love the music… I love everything about Christmas. I’m a big fan. — Darius Rucker

You gotta love and learn and learn to live. — Darius Rucker

I used to love watching ‘Hee Haw’ on TV when I was a kid. My brothers and sisters weren’t happy about it, but I just loved the music. — 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. — Darius Rucker

I work hard to let my wife know how much I love her. I try to do that every day. — 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

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

All the doors that I had to close. All the things I knew but I didn’t know. Thank God for all I missed. ‘Cause it led me here to this. — 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 expect to make a career out of country music. — Darius Rucker

School was very important to me ,and music was what kept me coming back. — Darius Rucker

The music I like or the football teams I like or the food I eat has nothing to do with me being black. — Darius Rucker

It’s about the music, not the color of the person playing the music. — Darius Rucker

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. — 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

If you hear a song and you like it, you like it. — Darius Rucker

That’s one of my pet peeves. People always want to put something into a category–this one or that one. You know, a great song is a great song. — Darius Rucker

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

At the end of the day, I’m a fan of great stories and great songs. — Darius Rucker

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. — Darius Rucker

One of the things that I’m dying to do is to sing the hook on a big rap song. No one’s ever called me to do that. — Darius Rucker

Golf is the greatest but most maddening sport there is. — Darius Rucker

I can’t live without my family, golf, and football. — Darius Rucker

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

I believe that one of the reasons I get to play golf all over the world is because of the barriers that Lee Elder broke down. I just think he’s amazing. — Darius Rucker

One of my pet peeves is when people think that pop guys go country when they can’t make it in pop anymore. — Darius Rucker

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

I don’t think I get the respect as a singer. With this record, I wanted to bring respect to my band. — Darius Rucker

I think people who go out and tell you how much they’re gonna change things are the people who end up being just another whatever. I’m never trying to change anything. That’s not for me. — Darius Rucker

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

Find something that makes you want to give and give and give ’til it hurts. — Darius Rucker

Marriage is not easy. You have to decide to work. That’s what it really comes down to: two people deciding to stay together or not. — Darius Rucker

When you’re doing a Motley Crue tribute record, you can ask anyone to do it, and they’re not going to say no. — Darius Rucker

I am honored that they would include me in the Cabinet as a member and contributor. — Darius Rucker

You gotta laugh and love and take all life has to give. You gotta live and learn so you can learn to live. — 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