American - Musician | May 4, 1959 -
It's not what you take when you leave this world behind you. It's what you leave behind you when you go.
Randy Travis
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My dad wanted me to play when I was a kid, so I learned to play the guitar. I pursued a career in music because I love it so much and I enjoy what it does to those who hear it.
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For me, having come to study and understand some of the Bible and finally getting saved made a huge difference in me, because my wife was a big influence on that. I saw in her, when I first met her, a person's soul at peace with everything and everybody around her.
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I never thought of having platinum albums and winning awards. I just wanted to write songs and sing when I started out in the music business.
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I've learned the importance of loving what you do. I have also learned more patience due to the nature of the music business.
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You continue to evolve with each album that goes by and, as an artist, you continue to expand with every recording project.
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I think every once in a while country has lost its way, but found its way back. It's always going to drift away from the traditional side, but then find a way to return. There's room for all kinds of influences be it pop, blues, gospel or whatever. But I will always say that I think we need more traditional country music coming down the pike.
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I'm happy riding horses and getting out shooting my gun, things like that.
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I've been singing since I was 8 years old and working in clubs since I was 14. I've been working full time since I was 16.
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I don't know whether schooling would have helped me get farther along in music at this time. I doubt it would have.
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I wish at times I had finished school just to say I had.
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I just couldn't stand school. If I went, I'd skip after the first class. I didn't like to be told I had to study and had to do homework. There's a fact that you have to want to learn.
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