Chris Stapleton Says He Rarely Ever Gets Asked To Co-Write…. Without Getting Asked To Sing Too

Makes a lot of sense, doesn’t it?

It’s no secret that Chris Stapleton is one of the most talented artists in the music world. Yeah… I’m not saying just country. Ask any artist out there – in any genre – and they’d likely tell you that they’d kill to have the vocal power that Stapleton so effortlessly possesses.

That kind of undeniable talent is sought after, which is why Stapleton is often asked to collaborate on the work of other’s.

The country music star spoke more about that in the latest episode of Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast. If you’ve never listed to the podcast, Shepard’s show mainly focuses in on celebrity interviews, and the generally, he gets pretty deep on topics like family, mental health, struggles and shortcomings, and other more vulnerable points of conversation.

The 51-year-old has previously shared that he has a passion for speaking with others, learning more about them, and hearing stories that could potentially help others in similar circumstances. He’s been at it for over six years, and Dax rarely ever passes on the opportunity to talk with someone interesting. He’s actually been on quite the kick of country music artists as guest, with Luke Combs, Jason Aldean and now Chris Stapleton all joining his show in just a matter of months.

Dax and Stapleton had quite the sprawling, almost-two-hour conversation (if you’ve got time to listen to it all, and call yourself a Stapleton fan, do it), and at one point, Shepard asked a really good question: Did Chris Stapleton accidentally become a lead man? If you know the “White Horse” singer’s story, you know that inquiry is solely based upon the early stages of Stapleton’s career journey.

And the country music artist was quick to agree that he did, in fact, become a star on accident:

“1oo%. I moved to Nashville to be a songwriter… I don’t write a lot anymore.”

Many attribute Stapleton’s CMA Awards “Tennessee Whiskey” performance with Justin Timberlake as his official star-making moment. It definitely didn’t hurt, and Chris refers to it as throwing a match on the fire that was already built and ready to go. Stapleton put in a ton of time in Nashville as a songwriter long before that night at the CMAs, and his “Tennessee Whiskey” performance was just the spring board.

Fast forward to today, and Stapleton is one of the biggest stars in country music. He told Dax that honor also translates to being asked by others to collaborate. As someone who got a start in the industry through songwriting, Chris Stapleton is always game… but it’s never just the songwriting that other artists are asking for:

“I do get calls from people to write with and for things, which inevitably ends up being, ‘Hey will you also come sing on this thing?’ I usually go, ‘Well, okay.’ But I really love the role of getting in a room with someone and writing for their thing. I enjoy that. I enjoy the exercise of walking in the room with someone and going, ‘What are we going to do today? What are we gonna pull down out of the sky?'”

Sounds like there’s a small part of Chris that would love to just be the songwriter that he moved to Nashville to be.

Then again, you can’t have that big of a voice and expect to not be asked to utilize it. The way that Stapleton talked about it, he does seem a little bummed out when he’s asked to also sing on the project that he’s helping with. However, even he understands that when someone asks for Chris Stapleton to help… they’re obviously going to want the thing that Stapleton is famously known for.

You can hear him talk more about it in the Armchair Expert interview below:

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