makes me want to go run a mile... while listening to it!

I love this thread and reading how Daughtry has brought so many changes to our lives..

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Sheila

Daughtry has changed my daily mood. For about a year i could never fall to sleep, i could just never stop my mind from whirling! Making me grumpy alot more often. Once i got his album i would get completly relaxed at night and for some reason just hearing Chris's voice for 10 minutes, I would calm down and then kunk out.

I lost 50 lbs. listening to the cd on my ipod at the gym, cardio will never be the same without it!! I have a whole new outlook on life thanks to Chris and the band! Thanks ,icing on the cake vip's to the 4/30 show in Atl thanks to this site!!!

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Carol from GA

MYSPACE
www.myspace.com/carolthomason

I feel like in some ways, Daughtry has changed my outlook on life in general. Ever since I started liking them and saw them in concert, their music has given me more hope, joy, happiness, and love that I haven't had in a long time. Also, there hasn't been a band/group that I've been really excited for since *N SYNC was still around. Now that they no longer exist, I feel like Daughtry has been taking their place as a band that I could invest all my love and support for. They have also brought me to making online friends with a lot of fans...and that is something that I have no shame of now. I love how the band gives us so much optimism with their music and everything that they are. I mean, it's very rare nowadays that a band like Daughtry would come to the music scene with not only excessive amounts of talent, but also the warm, easygoing humility to back it up. On a personal note, their song "Over You" has helped me get over a psychologically abusive relationship in which I was too blind to see. I want to thank Chris and the guys from the bottom of my heart for everything they've done.

They have given my another bands besdies Bon Jovi to obsess over!They bring joy and happiness into my heart!
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My very first concert was at Taste of Addison here in TX... They guys were so amazing and just get better! I don't know what it was but somehow I like some here say had shut down for a bit as far as getting out there having some fun and just enjoying life.

After the concert it was like something inside me had changed! I started opening up more to people like I used to do! Going places seeing different things and just loving life. I don't know if the guys would truly understand that or not but its hard not to be affected by them in some way but always a good way!

Now all I need to do is get over that last bit of shyness if I ever want to meet them!!! LOL
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HUGS, LOVE and GOD Bless!

glad to see peeps still posting ......and i've meet quite a few of them.

Hi Tammy and Airlie Bet I see you two next time the guys come south!

First of all, I had never posted online until Chris was on AI. Then I found myself power voting, etc. I have met so many great people in the name of Daughtry that I would have never met. I love that Chris and the guys make their fans feel like friends. That is a very rare quality to have for someone who has become as famous as they have. It's that genuine, humble, warm, goofy, caring mixture plus HOT talent that makes us all the LIFERS that we are. I never thought I'd be this involved in something outside of my own family and friends. I've always been a big fan of music, but I'm also enjoying music much more than I ever have before.
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Daughtry Lifer!!
~*~ Pledge Mamma #30 ~*~

Daughtry''s music , has changed the way I think and feel, The Daughtry Cd has help me grow as a person. Not only that , but he really helped me pick up the pieces to my broken heart.

His music and lyrics made me realize that the relationship I was in and kept finding excuses to stay in , was not the best thing for me, Daughtry openned my eyes and made me realize that I show run and not look back.

SO YES HE HAS CHANGED MY LIFE !
THANK YOU CHRIS
FOR YOU GIFT AND MANY TALENTS

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"CHARACTER IS DOING, WHATS RIGHT, WHEN NO ONE IS LOOKING"

Myspace.com/Topclasslimo

I hadn't been interested in music in a long time, but DAUGHTRY changed all of that for me!!!
I always liked the rock music my now 40 year old son had listened to, but over the past years, just didn't listen to a lot of music.
DAUGHTRY has made the difference in me becoming more interested in music, and THE FANS and FRIENDS I have made through this website is a true blessing!!!
I feel closer to the people that I've met on this website and at concerts, than people I have known for years.
And, the people that I've met here, will ALWAYS be in my life!!
It is hard to explain, but the bonding or the closeness is wonderful!!!
God bless us fans and DAUGHTRY!!!
Airlie

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In concert:
Clearwater, FL Oct. 8, 2007
Greenville, SC Dec. 16, 2007 - Merry Christmas to me!!!
Greensboro, NC Dec. 22, 2007 - Happy DAUGHTRY New Year!!!

D A U G H T R Y fans are ageless!

They definitely changed me. I think about the band all the time! But I'm not to sure if like my personality changed. I do love them and think about them all the time though.

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<3 Daughtry

Rocked out with Daughtry on Aug.17th 2007

Oh boy... I could talk about this for days and days.... and days.

Chris Daughtry has changed my life! I can proudly say that through him, and his concerts, I have met some of the most amazing, amazing people... who will be in my life forever!! I have Chris to thank... and maybe some alcohol!! ha ha... but needless to say, I have had the best time of my life during this "daughtry journey" and I've loved every second of it, and I can't wait for more!!

say they have had an impact on my life, as a teenager I was really outgoing and into everything but as I grew older (as we do) I kinda just settled into being a wife and mom, I forgot about me. Well along AI which I totally did not watch until I saw Bo Bice. I thought a rocker on AI no way, so I watched that year and he did pretty good , but with tuning in the next year, I first saw Chris sing Hemorrhage, so that tells when I started watching. I was blown away, literally. So until his vote off I was hooked after that I did not really watch anymore.
But once I heard he was coming to Greensboro for a homecoming concert , I was like I have got to be there, something I have not done since I was like 20, my daughter who is 19 went with me and I was at that point just totally done for. Since that concert I have attended 8 more and meet many wonderful fans who some I can now call friends. Some I may not see until the next concert others I chat with on DO and some II chat with all the time. DAUGHTRY has brought some excitment and youth back into my life, and all the new adventures going to concerts, but importantly friends that will last a life time.

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"Take, take your time smell the roses but steal the vine"

1.Greensboro Grimsley stadium
2.Greensboro homecoming concert
3. Lincoln theater Raleigh NC
4. Ziggys NC
5.Jester Pub NC
6. Raliegh Fair NC
7. Charlotte Ovens auditorium
8. Greensboro War

always nice to meet another Daughtry friend.

Thanks for sharing your story....I agree, you can always come here to chat and makes new friends.

... I just got to know Daughtry in the last quarter of 2007, but even if that was just a very short episode compaired to everyone else here I realized that life is not work, sales and numbers only.
Life became a routine and ladies I just turned 30!!! Same procedure as every day: getting up early, rushing to work, working your butt off, working too late & during weekends, getting not enough sleep... Every now and then a family event highlighted my life.

With my decision to move away from home (for a job) 5 years ago, I never thought I would be so successful but lonely from the inside at the same time. I'm actually an outgoing person, lived abroad but for some reason I couldn't make real friends in the last 5 years. I simply just knew the people I worked with. Therefore I spent most of my time at work.
Felt like a stranger until I got to know Daughtrys music & Daughtry family. Daughtry enriched my life that's for sure. I love rock music, always have. The lyrics and the way Chris, Brian, JP, Steely and Joey rock my soul really gave it to me.

As Daughtry not being that well-known in Germany as they are in the elsewhere, me freaking out on a Daughtry song being aired on the radio still makes me look funny.
I love meeting everybody on here and laughing with them, getting an advise or sometimes a shoulder to lean on. I feel special to know there are people who care. I feel good and love Daughtry for filling the empty spot inside of my heart and soul.
Thank you Daughtry, thank you buddies.
xoxox
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Well said ladies!

until I saw Chris open his mouth on AI. I wanted to see him succeed. Pulling for the local guy each week. Then the "band" coming together, and finding this website was a total 180 for me. I haven't read the others comments, I wanted to say what I feel first.
Cindy, I'm like you. I NEVER would have traveled to see a concert-ever! I NEVER would have "chatted online" with strangers. But I have met so many wonderful people who are fans just like me! I can drive 3 hours by myself to meet up with friends to see a show. I don't mind going to a show alone, because I will always know someone once I get there. until a year ago, my friends were just ppl I knew from school or co-workers. I now have many freinds up and down the East coast and I feel such a bond with them. When I hear a strangers' cell phone go off with a Daughtry song I'm not afraid to speak up and say " Hey I like your ringtone" That wasn't like me. I saw a determination in Chris and Deanna that has inspired me to stand up, and speak up. And not be afraid of failing. Oh Yeah, and not to mention---the music just plain ROCKS!
Thanks to Daughtry!

not really, but Daughtry has had an impact on my life in many ways!! Besides the music, the most important impact is meeting friends...

Who would have thought you could meet such great people on a fan website and go to concerts with them in several states?? I even got on an airplane to travel to NJ.(first time in 12 years...LOL)!!

So, the change would be for the better as far as bringing me terrific music and friends!

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Live, Laugh, Love,
Daughtry

Daughtry....has not changed me, but has given me another road to explore in my life. However, I got more than I ever expected by meeting you wonderful ladies. You have enriched my life.

Chris thinks of his band members as brothers.....I think of the Love Thread ladies as sisters. I owe that to Daughtry....and 'course you know I love them....

I like this thread.

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Sheila

Yeah he has!

well me as who I am...no.

but the way I look at music, of course! I love them...and I owe them all so much...they don't even know

I'd go along with the last 3 comments too! Very much! I too got caught up in raising a family, etc after loving music when I was younger.
My life evolved around my family - husband, 3 grown children and their kids. I couldn't see much ahead for me personally, just enjoying seeing them growing. I was contented!

My outlook on life now is so different! I now feel excited about the future - and each day!
I love the music of Daughtry, also it has broadened my outlook , or just reminded me of what I'd forgotten! I enjoy so much more again now - musicwise! Yes, the 'me' that I was before all the family things came along! It's something for 'me' to enjoy again!

I love being into music again now. Love the many people I've got to know on here, all with a similar passion - that's how we came to be here in the first place. But now it's so much more than that - we've become friends!

Have so much to enjoy each day now - including being part of this lovely Daughtry family! Even the voting and requesting on the radio is fun - and something I feel I'm doing because I want to, not something I need to do! I have another identity - that of a Daughty fan, and I'm proud of it!

I also have so much to plan for and look forward to!
Was never keen on the thought of travelling overseas. Certainly never though of going to a concert! Now can't wait to go to a Daughtry one - and thinking of others too now if they came my way!
Am excited about the future because now I do plan to travel - to be able to see Daughtry 'live' in concert and also to meet up with some of the lovely friends I've met on here!

Yes, I'm a whole new younger thinking and feeling person, with a new outlook on life - with an exciting future I hope!

~*~PLEDGE MAMMA #5~*~

I too have found the young in myself again. On the Grattitude Thread I am always posting how thankful I am that the music has returned to my life and I mean that. Till Daughtry came along I had forgotten about that part of me. I love music and always have but for along time I was buried under everyday life and yes I still have to deal with those things but it feels different now I found myself again. Maybe that sounds sappy but it is how I feel now. The last concert I attended before Daughtry came along was Rush that was quite awhile ago:) now I have been to three Daughtry Concerts, I have seen Breaking Benjamin, Papa Roach, Hinder, BuckCherry, Nickelback, Puddle of Mudd and have plans to attend Bon Jovi/Daughgtry in 08..

I feel like I am back again and it feels pretty good.

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Sheila

Chris and DAUGHTRY brought back the rocker in me that had gotten buried while raising children. Thanks to them, I am more aware of the music scene than I have been in a long time.

But I also did things that I never imagined I would, such as getting a myspace and meeting up with people I had only known online. And taking drum lessons!

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They didn't change me. They helped me find myself again.

Forgive me. I know that sounds trite.

I just have become more of myself this year! The me that was buried under jobs, bills, relationships, and general strife has been set free!

I don't think I've ever felt so alive.

What an amazing year this has been!

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BIG CHANGE!Chris and the guys are very inspirational to me and everybody including you! The beginning of 2007, I was in a terrible position, and was the person i never wanted to be, and I regret that now. Just their music, interviews, music videos, etc. really made me take a look at myself and realize that I wasn't acting as who i used to be. Their music really inspires me to be myself, even under peer pressure. The fact that Chris didn't give into being a Solo Artist, and sticking to who he was, really made me think. Also I've grown so much in music because of them. Chris inspired me to get back into singing, and their music really made me strive to become a better musician. I'm almost done learning the whole Daughtry CD, TABA is left, i've been really inspired. I've wrote music that i never knew was in me, and discovered so much about myself I've been in talent shows, as people will say "Rocking the house with HOME" and i've been very inspired. I've never met the guys, and i would love to, not just for meeting my heroes, but for thanking them for so much!
GOD BLESS DAUGHTRY!

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daughtry.roxz.abbie.soxz WAZ HERE!

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