15 Years Of Traveller
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Chris Stapleton
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THREE...
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I PLAY MUSIC USUALLY BECAUSE
IT'S THE FIRST THING THAT I
GET UP IN THE MORNING
AND THINK ABOUT.
I WAKE UP WITH MUSIC IN
MY HEAD,
AND I GO TO BED WITH MUSIC IN
MY HEAD AT NIGHT.
AND IF I SEE SOMETHING
WITH STRINGS ON IT
I GOTTA PICK IT UP
AND IF IT'S ANY GOOD IMMA PLAY
IT FOR ABOUT THIRTY MINUTES
UNLESS SOMEONE TELLS ME
TO STOP.
AND IF NOBODY ELSE IS
AROUND
IM JUST GOING TO PLAY IT UNTIL I
CAN'T FEEL MY FINGERS ANYMORE.
THATS WHY I PLAY MUSIC.
BECAUSE ITS BASICALLY
LIKE BREATHING TO ME.
IF I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
OF IT
ITS LIKE NOT GETTING
ENOUGH AIR.
♪ THAT SOMEBODY NEEDS
ME TO PLAY ♪
YOU KNOW THE TWENTY-THREE
YEAR OLD ME,
IM THIRTY- SEVEN NOW,
IS ON THIS RECORD.
♪SOMETIMES I'M STONED ♪
THE TWENTY-EIGHT YEAR
OLD ME
IS SOMEWHERE ON THIS
RECORD.
THE THIRTY YEAR OLD ME IS
SOMEWHERE ON THIS RECORD.
AND THE THIRTY- SEVEN
YEAR OLD ME
WITH TWO KIDS AND A WIFE
IS ON THIS RECORD.
AND THERES BRAIN CELLS
THAT HAVE LONG BEEN DEAD
ON THIS RECORD.
THERES ME TRYING TO
WRITE A SONG LIKE...
I LOVE THAT SONG I WANNA
WRITE A SONG LIKE THAT.
THERES THAT GUY ON THIS
RECORD.
THERES A GUY WHO WROTE THREE
SONGS A DAY ON THIS RECORD,
FOR FOUR YEARS STRAIGHT
AND DIDN'T STOP.
AND THERES A GUY WHO...WHO
YOU KNOW, RAN AROUND THE
COUNTRY PLAYING BLUEGRASS
BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE THE
RIGHT THING TO DO AT THE TIME.
THERES A GUY WHO WENT AND
PLAYED ROCK AND ROLL IN CLUBS
AND MADE A ROCK AND ROLL RECORD
JUST CAUSE HE WANTED TO,
AND HE LOVED THE GUYS IN
THE BAND,
AND LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF
DRIVING AROUND IN HIS OWN TRUCK
WITH A TRUCK FULL OF GEAR,
GOING TO PLAY FOR SIX PEOPLE.
THAT GUYS ON THIS
RECORD.
♪ AND I'M SOMETIMES A WINNER ♪
TO GET ALL THOSE PEOPLE
ON THIS RECORD...
ITS A LITTLE OVERWHELMING.
CAN'T TALK ABOUT INDIVIDUAL
SONGS ON THIS RECORD
NOT WITHOUT DRAWING LINES
BETWEEN ALL OF THEM.
EVERYTHING THAT I'VE DONE,
KINDA LEADS UP TO THIS
OR, ALL THOSE THINGS
BELONG, IN THIS RECORD.
EVERYTHING I'VE EVER
DONE.
THE FACT THAT IT EXISTS
FOR ME, ITS UM...
FEELS LIKE ACCOMPLISHMENT
ENOUGH FOR ME.
LIKE NO AWARDS, OR NO. IM
NOT GOING TO SAY I DON'T...
EVERYBODY WANTS TO WIN
AN AWARD OR SOME KIND
OR SOMETHING. BUT, ITS NOT
REALLY ABOUT THAT FOR ME.
I DON'T REALLY MAKE
MUSIC FOR THAT.
I LIKE TO MAKE MUSIC, BECAUSE
I LOVE TO MAKE MUSIC.
AND ALL OF THESE SONGS
ARE...THAT.
AND I READ THE TITLES ON
THE RECORD,
AND THEY ARE WRITTEN ALL
OVER THE COUNTRY.
AND THERE ARE SONGS THAT I
REMEMBER WRITING WITH PEOPLE
WHEN I BARELY KNEW THEM,BUT NOW
I'VE KNOW THEM FOR TEN YEARS.
TO RECORD THEM, AND THE INFANCY
OF FRIENDSHIPS WITH PEOPLE
ARE, NOW THAT ARE OLD
FRIENDS, OR PEOPLE
THAT HAS BEEN IN MY
WEDDING OR SOMETHING ITS,
ITS VERY COOL TO ME.
THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD TIMES
ON THERE. THERE'S A LOT OF,
HARD TIMES ON HERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF, UM,
ME MAKING MYSELF
UNCOMFORTABLE ON HERE.
AND THEN FIGHTING THROUGH IT AND
GETTING SOMETHING OUT OF IT.
THEY ARE NOT INDIVIDUAL
SONGS TO ME.
THEY ARE ALL ONE PIECE
OF SOMETHING.
AND THAT PIECE OF SOMETHING
IS, HOPEFULLY, THE BEST
OF WHAT I HAD TO OFFER.
MUSICALLY AS A PLAYER, AS A
SINGER, AND UM, AS A WRITER
INDIVIDUALLY THEY, THEY YOU
KNOW, SOME OF THEM ARE GOING
TO HAVE WAY MORE
PERSONAL STORIES
AND SOME OF THEM ARE GOING TO
HAVE MORE OF THE STORY
OF HOW I CAME ABOUT.
BUT AS A WHOLE, I THINK
THEY REPRESENT THE BEST
OF WHAT I'M CAPABLE OF
AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
AND NOT TO SAY THAT I'LL
EVER GET BETTER OR
EVER GET WORSE OR, EVER
DO ANYTHING AGAIN.
BUT ITS UH, VERY OVERWHELMING
TO HOLD FIFTEEN YEARS
OF EFFORT, IN YOUR HAND WHEN YOU
GET IT IN A PACKAGE
AND YOU GET...
ITS FIFTEEN YEARS OF
EFFORT
AND THIS IS WHAT I CAME
UP WITH.
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