Country music Quotes · Page 15

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

— Hope Sandoval

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

— Charles Koppelman

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

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

— Leon Russell

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

— Kane Brown

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

— Bobby Bones

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

— Sissy Spacek

One of the reasons I wanted to do a show about Nashville in Nashville was because when I lived here, the hardest…

— Callie Khouri

“It wasn’t logical, but the better you knew someone, the more blurry they became. The accumulation of facts made them disappear. It…

— Liane Moriarty

I worked in every format - pop, hip-hop, and alternative. I did a national sports show. When I finally got to decide…

— Bobby Bones

People would say, 'Why are you guys in country music? You look like you're in the Backstreet Boys.' We took so much…

— Jay DeMarcus

Country music is the combination of African and European folk songs coming together and doing a little waltz right here in the…

— Ketch Secor

I grew up in Nashville, born and raised. I'm a country girl, and I love country music. I had a dream I…

— Adrienne C. Moore

I think Ray Charles did as much as anybody when he did his country music album. Ray Charles broke down borders and…

— Willie Nelson

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

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

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

— Anonymous

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

— Julianne Hough

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

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

I didn't get into music to become a blues musician, or a country musician. I'm a singer-songwrit er. In my book that…

— Justin Townes Earle

Ain't gonna beg you to stay Ain't gonna ask you what's wrong Ain't no reason running after something already gone Take off…

— Luke Bryan

Country music listeners really like genuineness, and I hope that's what we portray, and I think that's what we do.

— Bobby Bones

Listening to country music alone in your car is a guaranteed way to make sure you think about every ex you've ever…

— Anonymous

I always respected country music for its narrative and how it's so solid, you can get the picture in your mind.

— Jade Bird

I don't like country music, so I won't buy a ticket. That doesn't mean I should be outside protesting.

— Eddie Griffin

I'm surprised at the loyalty of the country music fan. People that started out with us at 'Prayin' for Daylight' still come…

— Jay DeMarcus

The story of American pop music is the story of failure. The blues, country music, it's not the story of success. People…

— Ry Cooder

Playing the Opry is one of the few performances in this world that will make my knees shake a little bit.

— Travis Tritt

Anyone who knows or cares anything about real country music will agree that George Jones is the voice of it.

— Dolly Parton

Baby who we are just didn't work But maybe we can leave with something out of all this hurt

— Luke Bryan

Actually, I didn't listen to country music very much in Oklahoma. I listened to blues and rock n' roll.

— Leon Russell

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

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

— Miranda Lambert