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Shinedown Quotes




Shinedown Song Quotes

"Sometimes I'm in a room where I don't belong
And the house is on fire and there's no alarm
And the walls are melting too
How about you?"
-Shinedown
from A Symptom Of Being Human (2022)


"Always so inclined, coloring outside the lines
Yeah, you were never on time"
-Shinedown
from A Symptom Of Being Human (2022)


"Life's killed me a hundred thousand times
You can try, you can try, but the dead don't die"
-Shinedown
from Dead Don't Die (2023)


"It's amazing what the hard times can reveal
Like who shows up, who walks away, and who's for real"
-Shinedown
from Daylight (2022)


"Don't give up now, there's already so much at stake
If Atlas falls, I'll rise up and carry us all the way"
-Shinedown
from Atlas Falls (2020)


"Good for you, now you're somebody
Good for you, you fooled everyone"
-Shinedown
from Monsters (2019)


"Sometimes you're wrong... sometimes you're right
Just gotta keep moving"
-Shinedown
from GET UP (2018)


"No one gets out alive, every day is do or die.
The one thing you leave behind.
Is how did you love?"
-Shinedown
from How Did You Love? (2016)



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Shinedown is an American hard rock band from Jacksonville, Florida, formed in 2001 and founded by members Brent Smith, Brad Stewart, Jasin Todd, and Barry Kerch. They have sold over 6 million albums worldwide. -Wikipedia
Members:
Brent Smith – lead vocals
(2001–present)

Zach Myers – lead guitar
(2008–present), backing vocals (2005–present); bass (2007-2008), rhythm guitar (2005-2007, 2008–present)

Eric Bass – bass, piano, backing vocals
(2008–present)

Barry Kerch – drums, percussion
(2001–present)

Name Origin:
The name was inspired by a random comment. Glancing at a painting in then-bassist Brad Stewart’s house, Brent Smith mentioned that it might look better if it had a light shining down on it.

From: Jacksonville, Florida
Genre(s): Hard rock, alternative metal, post-grunge
Active From: 2001–present
Did You Know:
• They were signed by Atlantic Records in 2002

Devour was used as the theme song for 2008’s WWE Night of Champions.

• Brent Smith has cited Otis Redding's Love Man as his favorite song.

Quotes:
We call it SUPER ROCK. It is just high intensity rock music. The live show is definitely different than the record. It is more stripped down and way heavier. We live to play live.
-Brad Stewart

"Jason, the guitar player in the band, said a really unique thing to me once. He said, 'Music – you don’t pick it, it picks you.' This is so true.
-Brent Smith

"I screwed up at a young age with my parents. They were very religious and they didn’t really understand music. They didn’t really listen to music. I went through a series of battles with them about why I loved music.
-Brent Smith

The band started with Brent Smith, our lead singer. He had a development deal with a different band on Atlantic and the label decided to move forward with Brent and not with the rest of his band. They allowed him to write with other people, develop his songwriting craft, and find the musicians that he wanted to work with. This led him to Jacksonville where he met Brad, the bass player, through a mutual friend of Brent’s A&R guy, local Jacksonville producer Pete Thornton. The two hit it off and guitarist Jasin Todd would join the band next. Jasin was in another band and wanted to concentrate on his guitar playing and didn’t want to sing and play any more in his other band. Jasin’s fiancé owned the studio where Brad and Brent were making the demos and Jasin got the chance to play with us. We just fit together.
-Brad Stewart

I think we just be ourselves. We are not necessarily trying to be different or better than anyone. We just do what comes naturally to us, and what feels good to us. I think Brent’s voice is something that might stand out these days. I think it is cool to see power singers making a comeback in the aftermath of rap/scream rock. He can really hit those notes.
-Brad Stewart