“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“Everyone talks about new love all the time, but there's so much to draw from when you've been in a longer relationship. It makes me stick my chest out a little bit. It's like, 'I know what you've been through, but you don't know what it's like over here.'”
Dierks Bentley“Some people associate red with love, but to me, red is for an earlier stage of a relationship. Black is much deeper, to me. It's certainly the sexiest color.”
Dierks Bentley“I'm part of the party, getting the crowd fired up, singing songs, pouring drinks, whatever it takes to get them to have a good time. When I walk into the meet-and-greet, someone's always going to have a story, a sad story or a happy story.”
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“But as far as being an American and loving this country and getting a chance to travel across it every day and meeting people on the road and folks in the military, I love this country on so many different levels.”
Dierks Bentley“A Sunday morning spent reading the paper together, maybe drinking some mimosas, alone, and talking until noon. That would be pretty amazing. Married couples with kids will understand.”
Dierks Bentley“Only in country music can you compare an old pickup truck and an old guitar to your wife and turn it into a love song... Thank God for country music.”
Dierks Bentley“Seven has always been my lucky number. It's on my guitar pick; in sports, that was always the number I was, and 'Riser' is my seventh album. With this album kind of coming to an end and having seven nominations at the ACMs, it feels like a bigger story in play for me, and it's the perfect number. I wouldn't have wanted eight!”
Dierks Bentley“My wife is cool enough to let me write about personal things, to be a songwriter exploring the shadowy sides of love.”
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