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Creativity Quote by Brad Paisley

"It just gets easier in that you become more you in the process"

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There is a quiet rebellion baked into Paisley’s line: the promise that “easier” doesn’t arrive as comfort, but as ownership. He’s not selling the glossy self-help version of growth where obstacles vanish; he’s pointing to a more country-music truth that struggle stays, but your relationship to it changes. The work doesn’t get lighter. You get more legible to yourself.

The phrasing is doing a lot. “It just gets easier” sounds like the kind of thing people say to reassure you at the edge of a hard season. Then Paisley pivots with “in that,” a small hinge that reframes the comfort. Easier isn’t the world cooperating; it’s identity consolidating. “More you” is deliberately informal and unpretentious, but it carries a strong claim: the end product of experience isn’t perfection, it’s clarity. That’s a musician’s worldview, too - repetition, touring, flops, wins, and time in front of audiences don’t remove nerves; they turn nerves into a familiar instrument.

In Paisley’s cultural context - mainstream country’s long-running fixation on authenticity - “becoming more you” doubles as a defense against image-making. Nashville is a machine that can sand artists into something marketable; this line insists the real arc is the opposite: pressure reveals the grain. It’s also a subtle permission slip for aging in public. Instead of chasing a younger version of yourself, you let the process publish who you are.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Paisley, Brad. (2026, January 17). It just gets easier in that you become more you in the process. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/it-just-gets-easier-in-that-you-become-more-you-75615/

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Paisley, Brad. "It just gets easier in that you become more you in the process." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/it-just-gets-easier-in-that-you-become-more-you-75615/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"It just gets easier in that you become more you in the process." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/it-just-gets-easier-in-that-you-become-more-you-75615/. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.

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Brad Paisley (born October 28, 1972) is a Musician from USA.

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