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title: "Top Country music Words"
description: "Browse 928 Country music quotes by 444 authors. Discover the best Country music sayings and thoughts."
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> [ \[Country Music\] is the final destination for many punk rockers \[...\] Rockabilly is the mid-point and then \[they\] end up at Country… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-c-reilly/country-music-is-the-final-destination-for-many-punk-rockers/)

[John C. Reilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-c-reilly/)

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> [I've definitely received a lot of support in Nashville; it's a huge music town. I like country music. Like any genre I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hozier/i-ve-definitely-received-a-lot-of-support-in-nashville-it-s-a-huge/)

[Hozier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hozier/)

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> [It's important for me to be respected and to be thought of as authentic and true to myself. So even if country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-evans/it-s-important-for-me-to-be-respected-and-to-be-thought-of-as/)

[Sara Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-evans/)

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> [I remember always looking forward to listening to country music in the car with my mother, and it wasn't even something I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-vincent-mcmorrow/i-remember-always-looking-forward-to-listening-to-country-music-in/)

[James Vincent McMorrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-vincent-mcmorrow/)

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> [I think country music is popular - has been popular and will always be popular because I think a lot of real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dolly-parton/i-think-country-music-is-popular-has-been-popular-and-will-always-be/)

[Dolly Parton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dolly-parton/)

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> [It's hard to come across a true country fan in L.A., but it's true that the fans are so loyal, once you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-hale/it-s-hard-to-come-across-a-true-country-fan-in-l-a-but-it-s-true-that/)

[Lucy Hale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-hale/)

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> [On 'American Idol,' I felt like one of my challenges was picking songs because I've definitely been exposed to a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-gokey/on-american-idol-i-felt-like-one-of-my-challenges-was-picking-songs/)

[Danny Gokey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-gokey/)

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> [Everybody knows in the business how I feel about country music. I'm an old traditionalist. Then they just call me an old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-jones/everybody-knows-in-the-business-how-i-feel-about-country-music-i-m-an/)

[George Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-jones/)

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> [My father was a country music singer and a motion picture actor, Tex Ritter, and I sort of had a normal upbringing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ritter/my-father-was-a-country-music-singer-and-a-motion-picture-actor-tex/)

[John Ritter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ritter/)

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> [If you listen to all of my records, they all have a little part of me. So there's a part of me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-evans/if-you-listen-to-all-of-my-records-they-all-have-a-little-part-of-me/)

[Sara Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-evans/)

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> [I got to play Kim in Bye Bye Birdie, Sandy in Grease, and Maria in The Sound of Music. And it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-swift/i-got-to-play-kim-in-bye-bye-birdie-sandy-in-grease-and-maria-in-the/)

[Taylor Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-swift/)

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> [It is not that I don't like contemporary country music because I do. I love it. I have recorded a lot and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vince-gill/it-is-not-that-i-don-t-like-contemporary-country-music-because-i-do-i/)

[Vince Gill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vince-gill/)

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> [That's the beauty of country music - you have to get out there and earn it and work hard. And when you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luke-bryan/that-s-the-beauty-of-country-music-you-have-to-get-out-there-and-earn/)

[Luke Bryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luke-bryan/)

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> [It's a good community, country music, because we get the chance to sit down and... me and Tim McGraw spend a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luke-bryan/it-s-a-good-community-country-music-because-we-get-the-chance-to-sit/)

[Luke Bryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luke-bryan/)

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> [In the music business, especially the country music business, every 10 years or so you're going to have this changing of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-aldean/in-the-music-business-especially-the-country-music-business-every-10/)

[Jason Aldean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-aldean/)

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> [When you're from a town of 200 people in Northeast Louisiana, you're surrounded by country music. It's the soundtrack of your life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lainey-wilson/when-you-re-from-a-town-of-200-people-in-northeast-louisiana-you-re/)

[Lainey Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lainey-wilson/)

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> [Country music, the music of the white rural working class, has often been mocked by elitists whose understanding of power and art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-shetterly/country-music-the-music-of-the-white-rural-working-class-has-often/)

[Will Shetterly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-shetterly/)

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> [As a little girl, you think, 'Oh, I want to move to Country Music City.' And you think you're gonna show up,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lainey-wilson/as-a-little-girl-you-think-oh-i-want-to-move-to-country-music-city/)

[Lainey Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lainey-wilson/)

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> [Presley is country music, white music. Jazz is black music - it was invented by the blacks in New Orleans. And I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-bennett/presley-is-country-music-white-music-jazz-is-black-music-it-was/)

[Tony Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-bennett/)

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> [I was captured by the songs as much as the singer. They grabbed my heart. The reality of Country Music moved me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlan-howard/i-was-captured-by-the-songs-as-much-as-the-singer-they-grabbed-my/)

[Harlan Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlan-howard/)

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> [Roger Miller opened a lot of people's eyes to the possibilities of country music, and it's making more impact now because it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-campbell/roger-miller-opened-a-lot-of-people-s-eyes-to-the-possibilities-of/)

[Glen Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-campbell/)

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> [If I could do acoustic shows for the rest of my life, that's fine with me. They require the right venues, small…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorrie-morgan/if-i-could-do-acoustic-shows-for-the-rest-of-my-life-that-s-fine-with/)

[Lorrie Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorrie-morgan/)

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> [This is just strictly me wanting to make a record that is the real deal. It is all the stuff that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vince-gill/this-is-just-strictly-me-wanting-to-make-a-record-that-is-the-real/)

[Vince Gill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vince-gill/)

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> [I see country music, I see people who take care of their own. You've got 75 year-old guys on the road. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-young/i-see-country-music-i-see-people-who-take-care-of-their-own-you-ve/)

[Neil Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-young/)

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> [“Gillespie would recall the California experience with his typical resolve, a quality that probably fostered the remarkable longevity of his career: “Sea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guthrie-p-ramsey-jr/gillespie-would-recall-the-california-experience-with-his-typical/)

[Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guthrie-p-ramsey-jr/)

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> [There is a bit of a movement as far as younger people in country music. That is cool because people are saying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-hayes/there-is-a-bit-of-a-movement-as-far-as-younger-people-in-country/)

[Hunter Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-hayes/)

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> [I was obsessed with country music when I was a kid, and it's definitely had a huge influence on the way I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teddy-thompson/i-was-obsessed-with-country-music-when-i-was-a-kid-and-it-s/)

[Teddy Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teddy-thompson/)

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> [The melody seems to have gone to the country. The country music seems to still have melody and interesting lyrics. But pop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-manilow/the-melody-seems-to-have-gone-to-the-country-the-country-music-seems/)

[Barry Manilow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-manilow/)

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> [I've had a ranch house my whole life, so we'd go down there, be in nature, and just listen to country music.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/devon-windsor/i-ve-had-a-ranch-house-my-whole-life-so-we-d-go-down-there-be-in/)

[Devon Windsor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/devon-windsor/)

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> [I loved Roy Acuff with all my heart, and I never dreamed I'd be able to meet him or see him onstage,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-jones/i-loved-roy-acuff-with-all-my-heart-and-i-never-dreamed-i-d-be-able/)

[George Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-jones/)

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> [“I know why people write poetry," Javi says. "Because they're a bunch of emotional saps with nothin' better to do than whine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colleen-hoover/i-know-why-people-write-poetry-javi-says-because-they-re-a-bunch-of/)

[Colleen Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colleen-hoover/)

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> [I have always loved rock music. But I have played country music since my senior year in high school. That's where my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-byrd/i-have-always-loved-rock-music-but-i-have-played-country-music-since/)

[Tracy Byrd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-byrd/)

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> [Well, the things that country music is parodied for sometimes - trains, drinking, sin, cheating, redemption, jailhouses, rambling, hoboing, on and on,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marty-stuart/well-the-things-that-country-music-is-parodied-for-sometimes-trains/)

[Marty Stuart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marty-stuart/)

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> [Would you still like me if I was country? And wanted my first kiss in a barn?And was a country dads little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/would-you-still-like-me-if-i-was-country-and-wanted-my-first-kiss-in/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [For guitar players especially, blues is the foundation of rock and roll. You take country music and rock and roll and jazz…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-miller/for-guitar-players-especially-blues-is-the-foundation-of-rock-and/)

[Steve Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-miller/)

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> [I don't regard myself as a great classical or jazz pianist. I like country music, but I'm not a great player. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-emerson/i-don-t-regard-myself-as-a-great-classical-or-jazz-pianist-i-like/)

[Keith Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-emerson/)

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> [I actually started singing country music at 4 years old, right when I started learning how to sing. I would cover a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cassadee-pope/i-actually-started-singing-country-music-at-4-years-old-right-when-i/)

[Cassadee Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cassadee-pope/)

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> [It's hard for a liberal to go on between Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, because it's like doing country music after hip-hop.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-franken/it-s-hard-for-a-liberal-to-go-on-between-sean-hannity-and-rush/)

[Al Franken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-franken/)

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> [We could say that people who eat grits, listen to country music, follow stock-car racing, support corporal punishment in the schools, hunt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelton-reed/we-could-say-that-people-who-eat-grits-listen-to-country-music-follow/)

[John Shelton Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelton-reed/)

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> [I like garish things: I like the 1970s and 1960s, and country music - that big-hair look. I don't go for nudes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roisin-conaty/i-like-garish-things-i-like-the-1970s-and-1960s-and-country-music/)

[Roisin Conaty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roisin-conaty/)

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## Top authors on Country music

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- [Porter Wagoner 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country-music/porter-wagoner/)

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