Love always had my number. I could never patch a breakup together with whiskey and a one-night stand. I took them real hard. – Dierks Bentley
I’m a huge fan of Billy Idol. I spiked my hair every day like him in 7th and 8th grade. – Dierks Bentley
My dad and grandpa were in the army and as a country singer you’re constantly playing at military bases all across the country and meeting soldiers and their families and hearing their stories. – Dierks Bentley
I still feel like that 17-year-old-kid that fell in love with country music, but I also am allowed to write songs about being a man, too, which I think is the coolest place I’ve ever been in my life. – Dierks Bentley
I’ve had fans and friends in the business say, ‘Oh man, you’ve made it.’ I still don’t feel like I’ve made it. I still feel like I’m as good as my last show, as good as my last single. – Dierks Bentley
When I was 13, I was just figuring out how to play ‘Eruption,’ poorly, by Eddie Van Halen. – Dierks Bentley
I’m surrounded by all these strong women – my publicist, my manager, and my wife – and sometimes I think that women are more evolved than men, and they are able to process a heartache better. – Dierks Bentley
The people I always loved listening to had a little bit of dirt under their fingernails because they had done some living and had these stories to talk about. – Dierks Bentley
I feel like I’ve got a nice little niche where I stay just below the radar, which is perfect. I just don’t want to be known for anything other than music. – Dierks Bentley
I put a lot of time into making sure my relationship with my family is well taken care of because I want to be as successful as a father as I am as an entertainer. – Dierks Bentley
I think the great country songs mixed with some of that bluegrass instrumentation – and surrounding all that with a little bit of a rock vibe and energy – is the kind of music I make. – Dierks Bentley
When you go to the Opry for a show or hear it on the radio, you get the whole circle of country music. – Dierks Bentley
I don’t think my music has changed to reflect getting married or having kids. But… if you want to continue to write your own songs, you’ve got to find deeper stuff to write about. You’ve got to go to different places. – Dierks Bentley
I put a lot of pressure on myself. I tell my wife when she’s listening to my songs that the slightest hint of whether she likes it or not puts the pressure on me. – Dierks Bentley
I try to make an album that reflects what I love about country music. It’s not just all about happy parties all the time. There are some sad songs. – Dierks Bentley
I always say the best applause you can get is when you walk from backstage up to your microphone at a concert. It’s also nice to walk up to the mike at an awards show, and that applause is great, too, but the best is when your fans are cheering for you. – Dierks Bentley
I see myself as a serious artist, but yeah, when people come to my shows, they want to hear ‘What Was I Thinkin’,’ ‘Drunk on a Plane,’ and lots of up-tempo, fun songs. – Dierks Bentley
People are gravitating towards Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders because they are doing their own thing. I think people are trying to cut out the middle man and just get to the source and get away from Washington politics. – Dierks Bentley
Meeting my wife changed everything; it really, in the long run, made me a much better artist, a much better songwriter, a much better maker of albums. – Dierks Bentley
I really can’t tell you the feeling I feel, like, being on stage: it’s such a high; it’s like running a marathon. You just can’t get that feeling anywhere else. – Dierks Bentley
You can’t write about stuff you don’t know about. You have to live it. You have to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty. Live life to be a good songwriter. – Dierks Bentley