A band in our position, we have a first impression to make. We don't want to come out of the gate and make people sad. I think we consciously made that choice to keep it happy and up.
Work hard at doing what you feel is right. Don't be scared!
Working with a company like LIDS just makes sense for us. Every night, we play a song we wrote that has now become a hit and was inspired by seeing so many of our fans wearing Snapbacks. Our fans are LIDS customers, and we are excited to partner up and bring them into the Old Dominion family.
Honestly, with pop and rock and things, artists are from all over the place, so they're kind of isolated. The city of Nashville helps create the camaraderie. Everyone moves there for the same reason.
We wanted to make a living, but success was creating a song that we enjoyed playing. Quite honestly, that is still a measure of success for us.
In a certain sense, every time you sit down to write a song, there's a fear that you've forgotten how to do it.
When we write songs, we don't ever sit down to write an Old Dominion song. We just sit down to write the best song we possibly can.
I think it's natural for people to see a band and imagine themselves as part of that. That's what I grew up fantasizing about, looking at posters of bands on my wall. There is an allure to a band.
When you go out for the night with your buddies, it feels like you're in a band, and I think everybody can relate to that.
The more successful we get, the more opportunities come our way.
When we come on the radio, people will go, 'That's Old Dominion,' 'cause it's a sound that can only be made by whatever the five of us make together.
Sometimes when you're writing a song, it's work, and you really have to make sure you're kind of pounding out every little piece of it. And then sometimes you write a song, and you turn around and you go, 'How did we do that?'
For me, 'I Can't Make You Love Me' is one of the most brilliantly-written songs ever.
The truth is, that's what we moved to Nashville to do - to learn how to write hit songs. We weren't necessarily trying to get on college radio. We're trying for mass appeal.
We love writing hit songs. That thrills us.
It's easy to get squashed down in this business, for sure. Nashville can definitely train you to not get too excited.
There's a lot of people out there - like, a lot of people out there - that wouldn't know our music if it wasn't for Spotify.
It's a huge deal for us to have our own headlining tour and our name on the ticket.
It's pretty cool to see, like, from town to town, how different the crowds are.
Our sound is different because it's who we are as a band.
