[DETAILS - For the new campaign, which focuses on how jeans and songs are individual expressions of personality and style, Virgin Records' Stone and Capitol Nashville's Urban recorded one of their favorite songs exclusively for Gap. Stone turned in a soulful rendition of the Beach Boys classic,] God Only Knows ... Most People I Know Think I'm Crazy. |
Days go by like a hand out the window in the wind! |
For a long, long time I felt music was a trick for me. Because I had been playing guitar at such an early age, it felt like a magic trick -- I didn't really have a deep-seated appreciation for it. And I went through a period where I think I came very close to God taking it away from me. Fortunately, I got through it and suddenly went 'Oh my God, this is an amazing thing.' Music is a phenomenal thing and I saw it as a blessing and not as a trick anymore, and as soon as I recognized it for that, everything started coming together. |
He has a master understanding of holding a crowd and taking them places: high, low and everywhere in between, ... He knows how long he can hold them before they go over the edge, and then he brings them back. It was just astounding. It's amazing to think somebody could be that compelling and captivating for that long. |
I feel like I'm 15 and in my first garage band again, ... I don't know where that's coming from, but I love it. I find an even deeper exuberance in playing music and putting on a show. I'm just giddy about putting all this together and giving something to people that they haven't seen before. |
I remember one night crawling around on my hands and knees, looking for these little rocks at 5 in the morning. It was the worst. |
I think it just means that country is a global phenomenon. |
I think it took me a while to convince Nashville that what I do is genuine and my heart's in the right place, and I love country music. |
I think we just got upstaged. Everything pales in comparison. |
I wrote it and God said 'Well, I'm gonna' hang on to them and when you're going through this I'll give it back to you.' And that's exactly what happened. |
I'm grateful when anybody can start to have his or her limited perception of the genre open up a little bit, ... There's a lot of great music in the country genre that doesn't get heard because people say, 'Well, I don't like country.' |
I'm lettin' go of all my lonely yesterdays, I've forgiven myself for the mistakes I've made. |
I've always been a pretty private, quiet kind of person and so I haven't had to change my life really at all, I don't think. |
My dad was a drummer on the weekends when he was young. Being a kid in the '50s, he got bitten by the rock 'n' roll bug like everyone else. He had a fascination with American culture and the American dream. He fell in love with the idealism. |
One day I'm gonna run across your mind, but don't worry I'll be fine, I'll be alright while you're sleeping with your pride, wishin' I could hold you tight, but I'll be gone and on with my life. |