“What I found about 'Nashville' coming in is it's about these small per...” — Chip Esten Quote

“What I found about 'Nashville' coming in is it's about these small performances. It can be on a big stage but detailed, small, heartfelt, real performances from musicians and singers. So if you try to do something bloated or showy, the directors dial us in and let us know.”

“I had been in a band in college. You kind of need to make a choice between going the music route or going the acting route. I chose acting, figuring I could always do the music on my own.”

“Elvis Costello's song writing is so peerless and individualistic. It's storytelling and it's deeply intelligent and clever.”

“Frankly, my head can never be bloated.”

“The hardest part was four days after the surgery - my heart rate was very high, I was choking, I couldn't cough, and I started crying. And it was seeing the way my chest looked, definitely deformed. I'm a fit guy, I'm a skinny guy, but to look in the mirror I was bloated with all of the meds.”

“The Greek people deserve an economy that is not burdened forever by a heavy bureaucracy and a bloated public sector.”