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American - Musician Born: May 1, 1967

There's rises and falls and ups and downs in all music.

Music Ups And Downs Downs Falls

We're parents first, and once you have kids, everybody knows that you have priority lists. Number one is your family and everything else just kind of finds its place.

Family You Parents Place

The issues that matter to me are the social safety nets for people, health care, middle-class concerns. We need to take care of the middle class and the poor in our country.

Me Health People Care

I'm coming up on 40 next year, and after making so many records and doing music for so long, I'm looking for a change and a different perspective. And every now and then, I think I have something I want to say.

Music Change Perspective Looking

When I was a kid, my step dad started this business and would go out and get lost cows and stuff. He was part-time truck driver, farmer and cowboy. He taught me how to ride from an early age.

Me Ride Business Age

I always want to learn but I am sure on my dying day I will feel like I left something in the bucket.

Day I Am Feel Will

I didn't want to play a rancher. I didn't want to have a cowboy hat on; I wanted to get away from that in the things I do. But I read the script and fell in love with it. As hard as I tried to say no, I couldn't.

Love Hat Want Play

I live in a house with four women. Just shut up and say, Yes, ma'am.

Women Live House Say

I think you have to be a little bit strict. You can't be friend and their parent in a lot of situations, especially in this day and age where it's so dangerous for kids. So there's a bit of sternness, I guess, in the way I raise my kids.

Day Age You Parent

I'm actually not an exhibitionist at all. When you get onstage and you get under the lights playing music, I feel more hidden and more alone than anywhere else. You hide behind your music and let your emotions come out through the music.

Alone Music You Feel

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Tim McGraw
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Five years ago I figured we were at the top of our game and that was the best it was going to get, but with every album it seems to keep on building on itself.

Best Game Building Top

We're very blessed, just very fortunate to have the things we have.

Blessed Things Just Fortunate

But I was so wrapped up in sports growing up as a kid, that I think I was going to grow to be a pro ball player. But I found out real quick that was not going to happen.

Sports Grow Think Growing Up

But, yea, I grew up in a strong Baptist background.

Strong Background Up Baptist

Country radio went through a time where they were trying to pigeonhole everybody, and trying to make the gap really narrow, and I think that they've opened that up a little bit.

Time Think Country Trying

Everyone should have their own opinion and be able to voice it. No matter what it is. Of course, that does not mean your opinion is always right. But, you're certainly entitled to your opinion.

You Opinion Voice Matter

I coach my daughter's softball and basketball team. We go to all the school functions. We go out to eat at night and take the kids to the movies. We try to be as normal as we can.

Daughter Night School Team

I don't want to make that sound like I'm preaching from a mountain top when I say you have to give your family everything, because I know it's hard for people. I'm lucky to be in a position where you can establish those ground rules and make it that way.

Family You People Mountain

I feel like that I'm learning all the time. I'm learning from new artists, from established artists... every time I listen to '70s rock 'n' roll records, I'm learning. And I think that I'm just now starting to get a hold on what I do.

Learning Time Feel Think

I have three daughters, so I can't be as tough as I want to be. When you have kids - especially daughters - they know how to work you. They're a lot smarter than we are, that's for sure. But I'll be more tough on their boyfriends.

Work Parenting You Tough

I like the values in Flicka, and I wanted to do a movie my kids could see and be proud of.

Proud See Values Like

I love Bill Clinton. I think we should make him king. I'm talking the red robe, the turkey leg - everything.

Love King Red Think

I love producing. I have been producing some acts and starting a label.

Love Some Starting Been

I mean as long as I have been doing music I know I am only 30% of what I could be and want to be.

Music I Am Long Know

I mean, I grew up riding. I can't ever remember not being able to ride or rope and all that stuff. It was part of my life growing up, so it was fun for me.

Life Me Ride My Life

I mean, there's a little bit that gets out, but for the most part, the thing that makes us work, and makes our family successful, and our life successful, is when we walk home and we walk into our doors of our house, all that other stuff is left outside. It's not a factor.

Life Work Family Walk

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