I felt the pressure to let go of music. I was like, 'It's just a hobby. It's just a dream I'm hanging on to, and my kids don't deserve having me have trouble taking care of them.'

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• Walker Hayes:

  I actually had publishers that would encourage me at times to keep it simpler, not pack in so much

• Walker Hayes:

  I love clever lyrics.

• Walker Hayes:

  What keeps you in this business is the thought that maybe tomorrow will be different.

• Walker Hayes:

  It's cliche, but everybody says, 'We're all one song away,' and it's so true. The difference betwee

• Walker Hayes:

  I love to watch my kids when they don't know I'm watching.

• Walker Hayes:

  For years, I wrote songs to try to get cuts or try to have hits or try to appease a label or to be

• Walker Hayes:

  For 12 years, I was playing writer's rounds.

• Walker Hayes:

  I will go down on my deathbed telling my kids to find songs like 'Don't Take the Girl.'

• Walker Hayes:

  I love an imperfect rhyme.

• Walker Hayes:

  I love lyrics that are not too clever.