Blake Shelton quotes:

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. At some point, I need to recharge.

AT&T sucks. There's no excuse for being in downtown Los Angeles, and your phone loses service. That's ridiculous.

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.'

The way my family always did Christmas was on Christmas Eve, it wasn't really centered around a dinner on Christmas Eve. It was more about keeping the kids calm. Sometime after dark is when we were going to open all the presents underneath the tree from Mom, Dad and the kids and everything - just the family presents was every Christmas Eve.

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.

We were playing a fair, and a few people were handing me stuffed animals and flowers, but one person handed me a paper sack. So I took all the stuff back to the bus. I put the sack in my lap and opened it, and a live iguana jumped out of the sack and onto my shirt. I screamed like a little girl!

One of my all-time favorite country singers is a guy named Conway Twitty.

I hate reality shows. But if I had to be on one, I'd have to say 'Realtree Road Trips' on the Outdoor Channel.

I can't tell you what genre Maroon 5 is in. I don't know if they're rock or pop or alternative. I don't know what they are. I have a hard time separating that stuff. I just know what I like when I hear it.

My fans, country radio, friends, family, you name it - they know I love to perform.

One of my pet peeves about Nashville is that it tends to be copycatted. I don't want to do that. I've got to be different.

I've spent a lifetime in love with country music.

Even if it's your wedding, if you're a guy, it's boring.

When things go wrong or don't turn out the way you pictured them in your head, you just have to go with the best intentions defense. I have a lot of good intentions.

I never really saw myself doing a Super Bowl promo.

I totally remove myself from any costumes, wardrobe, any choreography. I could care less about that stuff.

My favorite television show has changed throughout the years. I used to think 'Married... With Children' was really funny. But now that I've gotten older, it's 'The Golden Girls,' believe it or not. That shows kills me.

I'm good at anything that's country - biscuits, gravy, chicken-fried steak. Look at me, for God's sake. I cook what I like to eat.

I don't ask other artists for too much advice.

There's something actually more intimidating about playing a small, intimate room. Your mistakes are that much more under the microscope.

The thing that got me started on Twitter was just basically pressure from management and the record company saying, 'Hey, this is what all the other artists are doing. You need to be doing it also.' I didn't really have a clue what is was.

I've burned the trash a few times and it got away from me. I've caught the yard on fire. I've burnt up some acreage and had to call the fire department a couple of times.

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

My critics are pretty tough. I've never been one of the music industry's pets.

I probably have the crappiest tattoo - not only in country music - but maybe the world.

People are scrambling to figure out how they can prolong the life of an album. But as long as the shelf space continues to shrink at retail, there's just no room for them anymore... which is fine with me! I would love to be the next person in country to just release digital singles, but I think we're probably a little ways from that.

To me, what makes an artist is a unique personality that they're not afraid to let show.

When you start dating another country star, the first question is, 'When are y'all gonna do a duet?' And what sucks about that is people expect you to do it whether you want to or not.

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

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.

Learning to not be selfish is what has changed in me the most since being married.

If you're not offending one group of people, you're not entertaining the other.

Going to college and studying music is not a bad idea at all. I don't know if you can go to college and be taught heart.

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!

I've only had one platinum album, and it's 'Red River Blue'.

Not everybody in the country-music community is like me - I just happen to be one of the guys that is stereotypical.

As a country singer, there is only one place you dream of playing in your lifetime, and that is the Grand Ole Opry House.

My favorite songs to sing have always been songs about regret. I don't know why that is, but to me, that's country music.

I'm a country artist first and just happen to be on television doing it.

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.

If you're in the public eye, people are going to take shots at you.

I do know a good singer when I hear one.

Full-face helmets look stupid.

Raffles are no fun.

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.

Stop using the word 'bromance.' Can we please kill that stupid term? We're just friends. It's called friendship!

I hate pigs. I hate goats.

There needs to be an app that edits what I say versus what I want to say.

If I had to choose my best day ever, my finest hour, my wildest dream come true, mine would be you.

Then sink to your nose in a bubble bath.

God gave me you for the ups and downs and days of doubts.

What you need to know about me is that I always just wanted to be a country singer. I didn't choose the path of television or being on magazine covers.

I think every cute girl is told to move to L.A. someday. So I do like the drive over from my house to the studio.

If I have one, I'll have thirteen. No, there ain't no in-betwee. Cuz the more I drink, the more I drink, the more I drink.

Don't bother tellin' me what I've got comin' in the morning... I already know. I've got some feel good pills and a red Gatorade by my bed, ready to go!

We all got a hillbilly bone down deep inside.

Where I live in Oklahoma, it's all ranchers. My friends are all cowboys and pretty rough guys. If I had a hot tub back there, I may as well have Richard Simmons come over and live with me.

Some beach, somewhere. There's a big umbrella casting shade over an empty chair. Palm trees are growin' and a warm breeze a blowing. I picture myself right there, on some beach, somewhere.

I remember telling the head of Warner Brothers that if they'd just make a video for 'Ol' Red'... and if it didn't work, they could drop me from the label.

It is one of the most validating things for an artist like me, to have people sing along to your songs.

I'm not that smart, but I'm smart enough to know that if Usher wants to help you, you let him.

I always wished I had a song like that George Strait song, 'The Chair', 'cause it's basically just a guy trying to pick up a girl at a bar.

I want to stand for something, and it's probably going to be something that some people stand against.

I love Cee Lo, but I avoid him when he's holding that smelly cat.

I've driven in L.A. probably three times. I'm a slug in L.A.

When things go wrong or dont turn out the way you pictured them in your head, you just have to go with the best intentions defense. I have a lot of good intentions.

You'll be my glass of wine I'll be your shot of whiskey

I get the same feeling walking into the Opry House as I do when I see one of my heroes.

My life has been an open book, for better or for worse.

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

I think you have to be willing to take a bullet for somebody if you're going to stand up there, take your vows, and be married to them for the rest of your life.

Anytime that the Arizona Cardinals play football, I scream at the top of my lungs at the television. And I have certain dances that I do.

I like bubble baths.

I didn't grow up playing video games. I grew up catching crawdads in the creek and minnows and lizards and snakes.

The only thing you can do to make catfish edible is fry them.

One thing that you can't fake is chemistry.

The wussiest thing a guy can do is drive a clean truck. Dents, scratches and mud - that's manly.

I don't give a crap about clowns.

Jason Aldean is actually probably a really good rapper. He sounds like it to me.

I always make a joke that they transplanted Martina McBride's eyes and put them in my head.

When I hear other artists talk, they talk about 'How come radio's not playing my song?' Well, you have to look at it under a microscope and know that each station is just trying to do what's right for their market, and it's scary for a radio station to add a song that they don't know how well it's gonna do for them.

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

If there's one thing special about me, it's that I seem familiar. People feel like I live next door.

I can't say that I've ever actually got on a horse and roped a cow, no.

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?'

I talked to Carolyn Dawn Johnson about doing a duet with her a few times, and we just haven't gotten it done.

Maroon 5 are worldwide stars.

I'm very content with my life. I mean, who wouldn't be?

Ironically, being a coach on 'The Voice' and spending time with those kids, Xenia and Dia especially, I learned a lot about myself. It reminded me how lucky I am that this happened for me, and it kind of lit the spark inside me again for my love of music.

I've never played it safe on my own music.

I think the worst thing you can do is blend in. Why would you ever want to blend in?

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

No, I don't think I'm ever going to get serious.

I've always had just enough success to buy me some more tour dates and another record.

I'm not too big on cats, and sometimes I'll say something like that, and people get so mad at me. But the truth is, I don't care if they get mad.

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.

I'm not a summertime guy. The only time I really enjoy the summer is touring and performing because there is nothing else for me to do at home. It's too hot, and you can't farm. You can't hunt.

That's when the dream is so far off it seems like it will never happen. It can be most anything you want it to be.

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

And I'm no quitter, but I'm tired of fighting.

One thing that you cant fake is chemistry.

If you're callin' about my heart, it's still yours.

Shoot, man, I love everybody! I don't have time to hate.

I was just 17 years old and had to get some new friends to actually sign up for me to get electricity and utilities because I wasn't even old enough to have things like that.

Come a little closer, love the way you look tonight My eyes are the only thing I don't wanna take off of you

Help!!!! Why is Wednesday spelled like that?!!!!

Never touch another man's button.

If you're callin' 'bout my heart, it's still yours / I should've listened to it a little more / Then it wouldn't have taken me so long / To know where I belong

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.

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.

I probably have the crappiest tattoo -- not only in country music -- but maybe the world,

The Doobie Brothers' 'What a Fool Believes' makes me want to move. And I still haven't gotten over the Macarena. Who has?

Michael Buble is seriously my favorite entertainer. Have you ever seen the guy in concert? He's hilarious. Women love him. Guys want to meet him. He has everything that I wish I could do onstage. And I'm guessin' he's a good-lookin' guy - although he's not one of 'People' magazine's sexiest men.

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.

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

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.