Fast Cars And Freedom - Commentary

We're celebrating twenty years of Rascal Flatts

By playing their new greatest hits album

And we're also checking in with the guys

To just get their thoughts on the fact that they have been a band for twenty years

And some of the big hits that they have put out

And I had the chance to ask 'em

If they could go back and tell those three young wide-eyed guys

Who were just starting out as Rascal Flatts anything

What would they wanna tell 'em

And here is what Jay DeMarcus said

I think for me the one thing that I

Think I really, we would spend a little more time doing

Was enjoying the ride while we were on it

We were working so hard and in such a hurried pace that

A lot of times, it was tough to really enjoy the fruits of our labour

And what we were living in the middle of

And just how special those times were

In the mid-two thousands there

We were really on a real hot stricken

We were winning awards and seven vocal groups by the year awards in a row

And would have number one since, selling millions of records

I don't think it really dawned on any of us

What rare fine air we were in actually in at the time

And being able to fully take that in and enjoy it

And slow down enough and look around

Oh, gosh

This is a chance of a lifetime that we may never see again

I wish I could go back and tell ourselves

Hey while you are in the middle of this ride

Just slow down, take a deep breath and take it all in

Because it really is pretty special

Good advice from Rascal Flatts to their younger selves

But also to new artists who are just starting out

And here they are with fast cars and freedom

Of twenty years of Rascal Flatts, the greatest hits