Country music has always been about as close to R&B as you can possibly get. We're storytellers. — Lionel Richie Copy Share Image
If I'm gonna invite you to walk a country music awards show carpet, you have to be really, really special to me… — Lainey Wilson Copy Share Image
Country music's so about the nuclear family and living the southern lifestyle and everything. — Darius Rucker Copy Share Image
The passion for doing music, the passion that I have for going out and playing it live - my love for country… — Joe Nichols Copy Share Image
My favorite songs to sing have always been songs about regret. I don't know why that is, but to me, that's country… — Blake Shelton Copy Share Image
The industry is always changing, but country music is like a force that always comes back. — Tyler Farr Copy Share Image
I love country music, I'm a country boy through and through, that's how I grew up. But I also love fashion. — Jimmie Allen Copy Share Image
All the girls over there in Ireland are well versed in American country music. Jim Reeves and Patsy Cline are like king… — John Prine Copy Share Image
I think Ray Charles did as much as anybody when he did his country music album. Ray Charles broke down borders and… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
I dropped the 'Bundy' with my country music because I wanted it to be two separate things: There's me as a songwriter… — Laura Bell Bundy Copy Share Image
The only two shows I watch are 'Walking Dead' and 'Nashville,' but both just went off the air for a couple of… — Caitlin Rose Copy Share Image
I never thought my life's path would take me to Broadway, but when I heard they were creating a musical based on… — Lorrie Morgan Copy Share Image
I feel like Southern hip-hop was my saving grace going into country music because I had built a business already. I had… — Jelly Roll Copy Share Image
Everyone wants to be an arena act, and it's making country music evolve. People are cutting things more for that arena environment.… — Tracy Lawrence Copy Share Image
I loved the Rolling Stones. I heard a little bit of country music creeping around the edges of some of their songs.… — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
More than any other art form I know of in America, country music speaks of the true relationship between the American male… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
My dad was a country musician, so we had David Allan Coe and lots of other country music playing around the house… — Vinnie Paul Copy Share Image
Country music fans are extremely supportive. Once they're with you, they're with you for life. — Faith Hill Copy Share Image
In country music, one of the ways we may have gone wrong in the past is trying to be politically correct all… — Blake Shelton Copy Share Image
But in those days - in the mid-'50s, early '60s - there was less than 300 radio stations that were playing country… — Mel Tillis Copy Share Image
I don't sing country music because I'm not capable of singing other kinds of music; I sing it because I think it's… — Lee Ann Womack Copy Share Image
Man, for someone like me who had George Jones music imprinted in my DNA before birth, the last few years have been… — Sammy Kershaw Copy Share Image
Girl, you make my speakers go boom, boom. Dancin' on the tailgate in a full moon, that's kinda thing makes a man… — Luke Bryan Copy Share Image
There wasn't really a song or artist that made me want to be a singer, I think I was always a fan… — Sam Hunt Copy Share Image
I actually am a country music fan. I listen to a lot of Blake Shelton and Carrie Underwood and Maren Morris and… — Darci Lynne Farmer Copy Share Image
I was into all kinds of music as a teen - country music, because my dad was in a band that played… — Martina McBride Copy Share Image
Come a little closer, love the way you look tonight, my eyes are the only thing, I don't want to take off… — Blake Shelton Copy Share Image
“Because I see A rainstorm in June Just before the sun The black of night Just before the stars And, girl, I… — Laura Miller Copy Share Image
“With chemistry like theirs, this was the perfect setup for a fling...and Sherry wanted to go out on a high note. "BRING… — Rachel Harris Copy Share Image
And obviously, when I started out, I had a little bit more curiosity than some, and went seeking out the original artists,… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
That internal ache is the starting point of country music. If it's a happy song and I can still feel sad in… — Shane McAnally Copy Share Image
I wanted to play rocking country music, and when I started out in the late Seventies, it took me a couple of… — Carlene Carter Copy Share Image
Jesus never heard of Beethoven and Bach. Why aren't we playing more country music in church ? — Tex Sample Copy Share Image
It really wasn't until I realized that country music had a whole underworld of songwriters that I dug into it. — Matthew Ramsey Copy Share Image
I have high standards because Country Music has tought how a man should treat a lady. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To me, country music tells a story about, and deals with, the way people live their lives and what they do. — Randy Travis Copy Share Image
In England, rock music very rarely infiltrates the charts, but country music even less so. — Joe Elliott Copy Share Image
At 16, I started really loving country music, and Collin Raye just had the most amazing ballads! — India Arie Copy Share Image
What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do… — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
Country music has really gotten away from real country songs that connect with people and say something in a unique way. — Porter Wagoner Copy Share Image
