I love country and rock, and I wanted to fuse them…

I've always loved R&B. That love seemed to start in church. But then I saw Carrie Underwood on American Idol, and I fell in…

— Gabby Barrett

The significance and volume of repairs that are needed across the country demand that we give state and local governments the long-term certainty they…

— Sam Graves

I'm not trying to claim I'm a country singer, but I do love country music.

— Cassadee Pope

Poco was the forerunners of country rock, but didn't really have the success. By the time the Eagles were out, people were ready for…

— Randy Meisner

The first time I saw Tom Petty, he was playing in a band called Mudcrutch with Tom Leadon. They were in a park doing…

— Mike Campbell

There's room for everyone. There's room for pop country, for 'rock & roll' country, for stone-cold country, and everything in-between. Great music is great music.

— Miranda Lambert

On that show, I did country and some rock, too, whatever record I had out at the time, I'd sing that.

— Wanda Jackson

When The Byrds started country-rock, we had no idea there would be such a thing. We were just trying to honor the music. We…

— Roger McGuinn

The country experience was more of a departure. When you consider my education and my upbringing, you can see that was more of country…

— Tom Wopat

I think you get a lot of influence from what your parents play around you. So I always loved country, R&B and rock.

— Gabby Barrett

I grew up listening to Patsy Klein, Reba Mcentire and would study their voices. But once I became bored with that, I moved on…

— Hope Partlow

I think pure country music includes rock and roll .. I've never been able to get into the further label of country-rock .. how…

— Gram Parsons

Rock was getting too complicated, too fused - everything was jazz-rock, country-rock, progressive-rock, this-rock and that-rock, and it was all so bland, so predictable.

— Marky Ramone

"Go and Say Goodbye" by the Buffalo Springfield stands as one of the first examples of what would later be branded country rock

— Chris Hillman

Those people out there like good music. They don't stop and ask themselves, 'Is it country or rock and roll?' If they like it,…

— Willie Nelson