“My family and I are just regular folks, just trying to get through the...” — Rodney Atkins Quote

“My family and I are just regular folks, just trying to get through the day and do the best you can and pay the bills, and that's who we're singing to.”

“I don't want to sing songs that aren't worth while. Time is so rare. I just don't want to waste the listener's time and I think that my songs don't do that. That's what I pray for. I want songs that really touch people's hearts.”

“Where I'm fortunate and why I think I've thrived and survived, through the not having albums out every year-and-a-half, is not taking the songs lightly and trying to make sure I've got consistency.”

“I had advocated the establishment of a Negro industrial commission. I had gestured against the growth of monopoly power. I had introduced a few civil rights bills.”

“I prefer theater and film. I did a little television, and obviously I'm not knocking it. It can be great, and it does pay the bills. But it's a little bit more disjointed.”

“I don't hang my championship trophies on the walls, because they don't pay the bills.”