I became a country music fan in 1990 when I moved to Colorado. It was my first exposure to it because I'm… — Ricky Schroder Copy Share Image
Country music isn't about being better than the guy next to you - it's just making sure that you keep working hard… — Brett Young Copy Share Image
If one person feels the way I felt when I first fell in love with country music, then I'm doing my job. — Cole Swindell Copy Share Image
There are so many music genres competing against each other, but I feel like country music has always been a unified front. — Hillary Scott Copy Share Image
I was feeling really restless in my hard-rock band. I wanted to learn more about storytelling in music, and that's what country… — Lindsey Haun Copy Share Image
I don't care what's happening in the mainstream of country music. I haven't in a long time. — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
I don't mind putting my heart out there for the audience, and for the country music fans... to be vulnerable with them...… — Tyler Farr Copy Share Image
Laurie Lewis' songs combine passion and sheer craft in a way you don't hear very often. Whatever country music is supposed to… — Utah Phillips Copy Share Image
It's a very smart, progressive bunch, these people that make country music. They're not country hicks sitting behind a desk with a… — Brad Paisley Copy Share Image
I'm friends with Dierks Bentley. Aside from that, I don't really know anybody else in the country music field, really. I've met… — Patrick Carney Copy Share Image
The thing about Nashville is, it's not just country music...There's rock & roll, there's every kind of music. It's just a music… — Connie Britton Copy Share Image
I've never been an artist that really got into fluff songs. I like songs that have substance to them. I think sometimes… — Tracy Lawrence Copy Share Image
I want people to focus on listening, not the image. And I want to play to everyone: rednecks, dubstep kids, punk rockers,… — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
I'm a country musician. I know how to play jazz, and I can play rock. But I've had to fight my entire… — Brad Paisley Copy Share Image
I've been touching instruments since the day I was born. My mother is Brazilian, and she listens to Brazilian music. My father… — Linda Perry Copy Share Image
Especially with the ACM and CMA, to me, those wins were about acceptance. Winning an award that's voted on by the country… — Jimmie Allen Copy Share Image
Country fans need to support country music by buying albums and concert tickets for traditional artists or the music will just fade… — George Jones Copy Share Image
My mother has always been open about all kinds of music and entertainment. She wanted us to see that it was not… — Carlene Carter Copy Share Image
I have my own definitions of success. And I have my own definitions of country music that, luckily, I share with more… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
“Staring into his eyes, she noticed a thin circle of gray around the green. A SILVER LINING, she thought.” — Rachel Harris Copy Share Image
Becoming a member of the Opry in 1957 is probably the highlight of my whole career. To me that is the most… — Porter Wagoner Copy Share Image
I've never known a day of my life that I didn't want to sing country music. I really did always know that… — Carly Pearce Copy Share Image
I love sad songs. They say so much. I love country music but even the happy songs sound really sad. — Beth Ditto Copy Share Image
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music,… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
A lot of people want to keep country music in the minority of people. But it belongs to the world. It's art. — Ray Price Copy Share Image
“You know, the heroes in my romance novels always say that. Scout's honor. But they all later admit to never being a… — Rachel Harris Copy Share Image
My wife grew up loving country music, so I always run songs by her whether I wrote it or if somebody pitched… — Rodney Atkins Copy Share Image
I laid my country music aside for quite a while... because bluegrass audiences didn't care to hear it. But it just kept… — Keith Whitley Copy Share Image
I try to make an album that reflects what I love about country music. It's not just all about happy parties all… — Dierks Bentley Copy Share Image
I heard a lot of different kinds of music. I heard country music, I heard jazz, I heard symphonic music, opera, everything… — Pauline Oliveros Copy Share Image
When Florida Georgia Line and Nelly put out the 'Cruise' remix, it brought so many more people to country music. — Kelsea Ballerini Copy Share Image
I definitely listened to country music. I don't think I listened to hair bands as much as I did Bruce Springsteen and… — Julianne Hough Copy Share Image
When times are good, we have tunes to dance to; when times are tough, we're supposed to talk about it. That's country… — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
I love country music, blues, and punk, and one day I might make those kinds of records. — Kesha Copy Share Image
I grew up loving country music from a young age and wanted to sing more than I wanted to sit in school. — Carly Pearce Copy Share Image
“The most wretched people in the world are those who tell you they like every kind of music 'except country.” — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to everything, and when I got signed to a record deal out of Nashville, that was my introduction… — Mary Chapin Carpenter Copy Share Image
Everybody has their favorite sad songs. That's part of what I love so much about country music. Country music is never afraid… — Chris Young Copy Share Image
“Nashville has always been competitive. My granddaddy called it the Hillbilly Babylon.” — Hunter S. Jones Copy Share Image
There's a large difference between someone listen to music by ears and someone enjoy it by heart — Black Son Beats Copy Share Image
