Country music Quotes · Page 12

... there are a lot of shredders in country music - Redd Volkaert, Brent Mason, Dan Huff .. and guys like that

— Brad Paisley

Country music is so related to gospel. It seems I could go down that road pretty easily.

— Dionne Warwick

Country music is some of the best-written music in the world, so yeah, one day, I would keep my mind open to…

— Ed Sheeran

That's how I want to be with stuff: I always want to be in country music, first and foremost, forever.

— Gabby Barrett

When your dad is a country music fan and you take long car trips, you become one too.

— Chip Esten

Be in Nashville if you want to be in country music, because everybody that can help you is here.

— Gabby Barrett

Mama tried to raise a lady, but daddy won, he raised a lady who doesn't take shit from anyone.

— Miranda Lambert

To me, country music is like the blues, but it's something very hip and - I don't want to say commercial -…

— Etta James

They say country music stands for more than the rural life. It's about life, period, whether lived in a high-rise or a…

— Keith Whitley

“The Borderlander’s combative culture has provided a large proportion of the nation’s military, from officers like Andrew Jackson, Davy Crockett, and Douglas…

— Colin Woodard

I grew up listening to everything. I was in rock n' roll bands and punk bands, and I loved bluegrass and country…

— Sturgill Simpson

A lot of country music is sad. I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. It applies to music.…

— Willie Nelson

As far as politically how country music goes, it's true that it's regarded from a distance as a genre of music that…

— Mary Chapin Carpenter

I love Florida Georgia Line. I love 'Round Here.' So if a fan wants to listen to that, and if a fan…

— Scotty McCreery

I always loved bluegrass, but there was so much I didn't know about American country music in respect to the origins of…

— Clare Bowen

I tend to support and get behind issues instead of candidates, because of the whole 'Super Bowl' generalization of our world -…

— Brandi Carlile

There's been a shift: Country music is popular music now. Every other genre wants to come over to our land.

— Miranda Lambert

[My parents] worked hard all week long, and the way they celebrated and rejoiced in life was by making music on weekends.…

— Rodney Crowell

I do think that inside of country music now there's a very silent majority, and I represent that silent majority.

— Bobby Bones

I hated country music growing up, but it gets in your bone marrow, kind of like a disease.

— Sissy Spacek

I like that old style of country music - it seems to me that a lot of the modern country music is…

— Leon Russell

When I'd tell people I like country music they'd get this look on their faces. People were kind of ashamed of country.

— Loretta Lynn

My nana is a real life mentor, and so is Brad Paisley and a few other idols in country music.

— Kane Brown

I've always been a fan of country music. It's America's music - I love the songs, love the lyrics.

— Charles Koppelman

Country music's always had the best musicians in any format of music, and I always gravitated toward that, stuff that was musically…

— Brad Paisley

The very first show I ever saw was The Judds, and that influenced me to not play country music.

— Matt Skiba

My sister loved country music. My mother loved Spanish music. And my dad was into big band music and jazz.

— Hope Sandoval

There are guys in country music who are wizards on the guitar. If you're a country fan, you're used to it. But…

— Joe Perry

“A guitar twanged from the far-off radio. Country music. Damn. They'd resorted to torture already.”

— Kelley Armstrong

Country music is not a formula it's a music with its own soul and I'm all about saving that soul!

— Sammy Kershaw

I think I never had this grandiose dream of being any country music star. I just slowly progressed into that's what I'm…

— Luke Combs

I've grown up with country music. I love how real everybody is, not just the artists, but the fans.

— Julianne Hough

I think everyone should have to listen to country music to learn how to have respect for their friends & family and…

— Anonymous

Not everybody in the country-music community is like me - I just happen to be one of the guys that is stereotypical.

— Blake Shelton

I never get tired of exploring Americana or country music, and I always have a little bit of a crooner in me…

— K. D. Lang

“Her wide, gorgeous smile was the culprit. It was pure magic. Neighbors lined the parking lot, eager to empty their pockets, all…

— Rachel Harris

Well, I've always said that country music has always shared a very unique relationship with gospel music - the hooting and hollering,…

— Marty Stuart

'Neil Young Heart of Gold', that was a valentine to Nashville and country music in the Grand Ole Opry tradition and Hank…

— Jonathan Demme

A lot of people like mainstream country because they're not given another option of country music to like that's modern.

— Margo Price

I don't think Metallica sits around all day wondering why country music fans don't embrace them.

— Anthony Jeselnik