Stand - Commentary

Rascal Flatts new Greatest Hits album has 20 songs on it

It's available now, and not only is it some of their number one hits

But also some of the fan favorites, they just couldn't leave off this project

And one of the things I asked Jay DeMarcus is

As they celebrate 20 years as a band, what has Rascal Flatts meant to him

And what has it meant to him to be a part of this band for the last 20 years?

I said to somebody the other day

It's the thing that I've done and has meant the most to me in most of my adult life

Aside from my marriage and the birth of my children

It's the most important thing that I've been a part of the entire time

Practically, than I've been an adult

And the impact it's had on my family

We've been very, very blessed because of what we've been able to do

The fact that I've been able to do something that I love so much

Wake up every day to do for a living

Has been one of the greatest things you could ever hope for

I also realize how fortunate we are because it doesn't happen to everybody

Everybody that has the dream of making it in music

Doesn't necessarily get to live it out to the degree that we have had

And I'm just grateful for it every day

I try to always take a few moments, and thank God for the platform, the career that he has given us

And that I've been able to do it with people that mean so much to me

Gary and Joe Don, we could be sitting here 20 years later hating each other

And although we've had our times where we've fallen out

And we've disagreed and things of that nature

It's remained a family, and we've remained a tight-knit unit

And a lot of bands can't say that at the end of 20 years

But I've been really grateful, as I look at it

That it's been as great as it has been the last 20 years

I remember one time talking to Rascal Flatts

And they had a therapist that was traveling with them on the road

Kinda like a marriage counselor, because, I mean, think about it

When you're together for 20 years, that is longer than most marriages

And they spend a lot of time together

But they managed to stick together

And now we're celebrating 20 years of Rascal Flatts, The Greatest Hits

And here's another song off the album

It's Stand