“I’ve always stood up for country music.”
― Alan Jackson
“Country music is – can be – a loving industry.”
― Ashley McBryde
“Country music belongs to America.”
― Bill Monroe
“God-dang-it, country music is my heart.”
― Blake Shelton
“I’ve spent a lifetime in love with country music.”
― Blake Shelton
“Country music has to evolve in order to survive.”
― Blake Shelton
“Country music, to me, is what I grew up on.”
― Chris Lane
“Country music is one of those places where we support each other and prop each other up.”
― Chris Stapleton
“The artists in country music who stopped having hits are the ones who were led into something that wasn’t them.”
― Conway Twitty
“I actually am a country music fan. I listen to a lot of Blake Shelton and Carrie Underwood and Maren Morris and Keith Urban.”
― Darci Lynne Farmer
“I love country music.”
― Eric Close
“Country music has the great stories.”
― Etta James
“Country music is what is sincere; that’s the main thing.”
― Garth Brooks
“I was introduced to country music around a campfire on a farm.”
― Gavin DeGraw
“There’s a longing in country music that can soften even the rockiest heart.”
― Glen Campbell
“Well, we play Country music; we’re just not sure what country it is.”
― Jerry Jeff Walker
“Country music is who I really, really am deeply.”
― Jessica Mauboy
“The storytelling in country music is so powerful.”
― Jessica Mauboy
“In England, rock music very rarely infiltrates the charts, but country music even less so.”
― Joe Elliott
“Country music historically has been sort of middle-aged people’s music.”
― John Shelton Reed
“If I could be a country music star, I’d do it in a heartbeat. I’d hit the road and just jam out.”
― Justin Deeley
“That’s what country music is: real.”
― Kane Brown
“Before I really knew country music, I listened to pop, and I still do.”
― Kelsea Ballerini
“I do love country music.”
― Kesha
“Bobby Bare is one of the greatest people in country music.”
― Kris Kristofferson
“I came to town thinking that everybody had the same idea of what country music was that I did.”
― Lee Ann Womack
“My earliest memories of country music are the Grand Ole Opry.”
― Lionel Richie
“Plus I love Tanya Tucker and I love country music.”
― Little Richard
“I love pop music, I love country music.”
― Maren Morris
“It means so much being a part of country music and the Opry.”
― Martina McBride
“It really wasn’t until I realized that country music had a whole underworld of songwriters that I dug into it.”
― Matthew Ramsey
“Country music has always sort of been country music.”
― Miranda Lambert
“There’s been a shift: Country music is popular music now. Every other genre wants to come over to our land.”
― Miranda Lambert
“I love country music.”
― Miranda Lambert
“I got offered publishing deals to write country music, but it was not what I wanted to do.”
― Natalie Prass
“Country music is completely punk-rock. It’s the original punk-rock.”
― Neko Case
“I have always been infatuated with country music.”
― R. Kelly
“I was one of the very first people to ever do a video in country music.”
― Reba McEntire
“When I was 3 years old, I was playing banjo on a country music TV show.”
― Rickey Medlocke
“I became a country music fan in 1990 when I moved to Colorado. It was my first exposure to it because I’m from a city. I’ve been a fan of country music ever since.”
― Ricky Schroder
“Country music tends to be so sentimental and homespun, it’s easy to stumble into self-parody, but Haggard has brought a freshness to the themes that places him alongside Hank Williams and Willie Nelson as one of the greatest country music writers.”
― Robert Hilburn
“Country music is worldwide – it’s not just Nashville and Texas.”
― Robin Zander
“I don’t take a second for granted of the honor of representing country music.”
― Rodney Atkins
“I am from the country, and I grew up mostly influenced by country music.”
― Sam Hunt
“Country music is me, it’s what I’ve grown up with, and it’s what I do.”
― Scotty McCreery
“I don’t like modern country music. It’s not what I’m into, is all. I’m old-school.”
― Shelby Lynne
“I got country music in me.”
― Shemar Moore
“That’s one wonderful thing about country music – it shifts, ebbs, and flows stylistically, unlike pop music.”
― Steven Curtis Chapman
“Taylor’s first four albums have been certified platinum a combined 21 times, but despite her unprecedented success in country music, ‘1989’ is strictly pop.”
― Tavi Gevinson
“Country music is all about telling stories, and we’re just telling a little different one.”
― Taylor Dye
“I like country music!”
― Taylor Louderman
“I love Johnny Cash but I don’t love country music that much.”
― Ville Valo
“I didn’t think I liked country music. Then I got into Garth Brooks.”
― Zac Brown
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