Full Name: Troyal Garth Brooks(Troyal after his father and Garth after his great great grandfather)
Birth Date: February 7, 1962
Birthplace: Tulsa, OK
Education: Attended Yukon High School, where the sports teams were known as The Millers. Received degree in Advertising from Oklahoma State University. Earned partial track scholarship throwing the javelin.
Height: 6'1"
Hair: Brown/grey
Eyes: Blue
Parents: Troyal Raymond Brooks & Colleen Carroll Brooks
Siblings: Jim, Jerry, Mike, Kelly & Betsy(who used to play in his band, Stillwater)
Wife: Sandy Mahl, married May 24, 1986
Children: Taylor Mayne Pearl(born 7/8/92), August Anna(born 5/3/94), Allie Collen(born 7/28/96)
Residence: Goodlettsville, TN (they call Someday Valley)
First Serious Girlfriend:Tamie Schuermann(she broke his heart when she announced she hated dreamers)
Musical Influences: James Taylor, Billy Joel, Kiss, Queen, George Strait, George Jones, Chris LeDoux and Merle Haggard, Journey, Boston, Kansas & Led Zeppelin
First Guitar: Gibson (he taught himself chords)
Favorite Country Songs: "Country Bumpkin", by Cal Smith and "Unwound" by George Strait
Previous Jobs: Bouncer at Tumbleweeds(Stillwater, OK)Boot salesman in Nashville, also sang jingles for John Deere & Lone Star Beer (on his 2nd trip to Nashville)
First Playing Gigs: Shotgun Sam's Pizza Parlor and Willy's
Favorite Song He's Recorded: The Dance
First Song He Wrote: Blue Rose(which he later named alot of his merchandising ventures after)
Favorite Book: The Bible
Favorite Foods: Pizza, Mexican food
Favorite Movie: To Kill a Mockingbird
Concert Attire & Accessories: Mobetta Shirts, Wrangler Jeans, Roper Boots, Stetson Oklahoman Hat (size 7-5/8),CM-311 Headsetmic by Crown, Dean Markley Leather Strap, GB-7C Takamine Guitar, Prevost Bus
"You can always smell the flowers when you're runnin' with them in your hand"
"You get 3 minutes to tell the world something, punch right through their heart and say, Listen"
"Live each day as if it were your last"
"The things that last forever, take forever"
"Our future is not unpredictable, our future is simply the result of choices we have made"
"Happiness is not getting what you want, it's wanting what you've got"
"You ain't rich until you've found something money can't buy"
"If what I'm on is the ride of life, then it's one hell of a ride"
"What do I want people to remember me by? To say that the man was real, there was some of him in me, if that makes any sense."
