Cowboy Troy Quotations

I always thought to myself, 'Why should I appease you, Mr. So-and-So? Why shouldn't I just be who I am and do what I do? It doesn't really matter what I look like as long as the music is good,

Had it not been for Big and Rich calling me and wanting me to come out there, I'd still be in Texas, probably still working at the shoe store I was working in.

I take my father's advice: Make hay while the sun is still shining. Go host if I get the chance. It helps me hone my skills in that arena.

I was working my way up through management so I could get my own store, ... Then they invited me to go out with them. It was a big deal that a lot of people wanted.

People laugh about that old joke where country music songs are about getting your truck repossessed. Well, I did have my truck repossessed, ... I did leave a good job for a shot at stardom only to end up with a career in retail.

Man, I've had people for years tell me what I'm doing is ridiculous, and I shouldn't be doing it,

Yes, there is a historical significance, ... big black cowboy with the crazy vocal.

The world famous Corn Palace. I've been waiting to get there for a long time.

I've scanned over 207,000 units in 12 weeks, ... very little airplay on the radio.

It seems like it all happened so fast, ... But basically I've been working at it in Dallas for 15 years at frat parties and clubs. I've been recording CDs and giving them out to people, talking about it. The CDs either ended up used as Frisbees or beer coasters.

It's true, if you go to someone's MP3 player or iPod you're not going to find just one genre,

It started as a party trick. And the trick got a little bigger and the people started getting bigger.

It's pretty cool, people really come out and support South Carolina. They are rabid fans, man, they really enjoy it.

I remember the first three times I bought tickets to see Brooks and Dunn and had tickets far away from the stage, so it's cool now to get to see them up close,

I plan to just keep making my music and if there's an audience for it, it will come.

Hick-hop is a combination of your traditional country instruments - the fiddle, banjo, the pedal steel guitar - and then I'm running off the mouth on top of all that, ... I just started doing it because I grew up singing to country music and rap and rock, and I combined all my favorite music together and came up with this.

I come out in the middle of their set and kind of shift gears a little bit, ... and then the boys take back over.