“I always say, ‘If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans.’” – Brett YoungĪnd so, you know, moving forward for me, I feel like that’s the brand and that’s something that I will always nurture and make sure that whatever you’re getting from me is always a very clear picture of where I’m at in my life and who I am as a person. And I feel like that’s the reason that I’ve been able to have a really close connection to all my fans. And so I’ve spent my career, from the moment I was given that platform, trying to make sure everything I said was true and a real life experience for me that I could connect with so that I didn’t have to feel like I wasn’t being genuine when I was asking them to connect every night. So the only way you have to connect with them is to show them who you are through your songs. You don’t get time to go meet every single one of the thousand people that come out every night. And I moved to Nashville and God said, “Here you go, here’s your career.” And from that moment on, I made writing songs important and I made being authentic in my songwriting important because I feel like that is the only way to connect with your fans. I felt like I was a little too old to start a career. And I always say, “If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans.” That’s kind of how my situation worked out. And within a couple of months of living in Nashville, everybody wanted to know who the demo singer was. And so I would sing on the demo and we would pitch the songs to other artists. I moved to Nashville, started writing songs for other people, and then somebody needed to sing the demo. And I decided that it was time, at my age, to switch gears and write songs for other people because I wasn’t going to be given the platform that I needed in order for people to care about my songs. I didn’t really feel like I was doing what I wanted to do in music. And so after ten years of “success,” I hadn’t met a record executive. The problem was I was making money playing bars and restaurants, singing other people’s songs to a bunch of people that didn’t know I was there. I was one of the few guys in my group of friends in Los Angeles that were pursuing music that was actually making money in music. īrett Young: Music has been nothing short of a very long journey for me. We’ll revisit some favorite episodes from country singers who share their stories of heartache, joy, struggles, and success-and how they trusted God through it all.įirst up, we’ll hear from multi-platinum selling artist Brett Young. This week, in celebration of CMA Fest 2023 -a country music festival that takes place in Nashville, Tennessee-we’ve got a special episode showcasing country music and faith. Moving through the night till what’s lost is found.Narrator: Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast. I keep looking in the mirror but it’s still not around. Think I’m moving towards it then it’s out of sight. Somewhere in the distance shines a heavenly light. Say a little prayer it don’t float out to sea. Mighty Mississippi bring my heart back to me. Sitting on the levee with a drink in my hand, time is of the essence you’re a wanted man. The light's slowly fading and my heart just keeps on breaking. Lovers kissing in the dark and someone’s telling lies.īut you got it now, and you don’t know how. Play another love song it just don’t seem right. I keep busy in the day and stay home at night, cigarette smoking in the candlelight. Snaking through the valley I would follow it down. I could cry myself a river take a boat out of town. There’s a hole in my chest where my heart used to be and I’m wishing on a star that it comes back to me. ![]() I’d even break a heart, hell I’d break two, if only I could stop the pain, of loving you… I could go anywhere, like you’ve always gone. I called your name but there was no reply. You said I was your lover, you said that i would never be your friend, you said I’d never lose you, and that we’d be together in the end. I’d even break a heart, hell I’d break two, if only I could stop the pain, of loving you. Rode down to Opelousas, rode down there with the devil on my back, well I caught a train to Nashville, I caught it and I’m never coming back. You said it out of love, you said that we would never fall apart, you said I’d never lose you, you said that it would never be this hard.
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