Vince Gill Lyrics
Gill has recorded more than 20 studio albums, charted over 40 singles on the U.S. Billboard charts as Hot Country Songs, and has sold more than 24 million albums. He has been honored by the Country Music Association with 18 CMA Awards, including two Entertainer of the Year awards and five Male Vocalist Awards. Gill has also earned 20 Grammy Awards, more than any other male Country music artist. In 2007, Gill was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Born: April 12, 1957 (age 67)
From: Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.
Height: 6' 3" (1.92 m)
Siblings: Gina Gill
Bob Gill
Spouse(s): Amy Grant (m. 2000)
Janis Oliver (m. 1980-1998)
Genre(s): Country, bluegrass, blue-eyed soul, country pop, Southern rock
Instrument(s): Vocals, guitar
Occupation(s): Singer-songwriter
Active From: 1979-present
Associated Acts: The Notorious Cherry Bombs, Pure Prairie League, Rodney Crowell, Ricky Skaggs
Awards:
2008
Grammy Award for Country Instrumental Performance: Cluster Pluck - Brad Paisley, James Burton, Vince Gill, John Jorgenson, Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert and Steve Wariner
2004
International Bluegrass Music Association Recorded Event of the Year
Quotes:
And just, once again, the connection there that was kind of rare was - it was - it felt - everything felt familiar, you know, when I met Amy.
And from my place, and from the time that I went through my divorce, I also had my father pass away in the middle of all that. And it kind of made everything else just kind of like the back burner, you know.
I can sit and analyze everything and beat myself up and say you don't quite sing as good as you used to, you're writing better songs maybe than you used to, but to me it's just the journey.
But you know the thing that I thing oftentimes gets ignored and neglected is there was 10 or 12 years of life before I met Amy and before she met me, where you know, whatever happened was probably going to happen some day.
I co-produced the whole record with Brown Bannister, who years ago produced a lot of Amy's early records.
I made records in the past that are as traditional as any other country records that have been made, but at the same time the records have a contemporary slant on it too.
I still have to play the solos and do the things that I do on my records, I still put in the work. I think that it's more lonely, and it's hard.
It is not fun singing about losing somebody like that, but at the same time it was easy to write because the memories were so real and vivid and so much a part of who I am.
It is not that I don't like contemporary country music because I do. I love it. I have recorded a lot and have had great success recording records that have not been very traditional country records.
So I didn't have anything to do with picking the songs, but I got to musically take them in places I thought might be interesting, so it was a real neat collaboration among the three of us.
Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.