--- title: "Top Country music Lines" description: "Browse 928 Country music quotes by 444 authors. Discover the best Country music sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/731/frankie-ballard-15498_country_someone-might-look-like-an-overnight-suc_2371892.jpg" --- > [Someone might look like an overnight success, but there's a lot of hard work that goes into it, and rightfully so. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frankie-ballard/someone-might-look-like-an-overnight-success-but-there-s-a-lot-of/) [Frankie Ballard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frankie-ballard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/731/frankie-ballard-15498_country_someone-might-look-like-an-overnight-suc_2371892.jpg) > [Country music is always changing but the Opry is always there to serve as a lighthouse for what country music really is.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dierks-bentley/country-music-is-always-changing-but-the-opry-is-always-there-to/) [Dierks Bentley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dierks-bentley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/990/dierks-bentley-9601_building_country-music-is-always-changing-but-the_795719.png) > [Anybody who loves country music loves gospel. Even they are competing with the same type of problem that I'm competing with. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-jones/anybody-who-loves-country-music-loves-gospel-even-they-are-competing/) [George Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f3/george-jones-8646_artist_anybody-who-loves-country-music-loves-go_2007823.png) > [To tie in the whole Christianity aspect, as Christians, we're taught our whole lives to love people no matter what, and in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maddie-marlow/to-tie-in-the-whole-christianity-aspect-as-christians-we-re-taught/) [Maddie Marlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maddie-marlow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a96/maddie-marlow-8717_christianity_to-tie-in-the-whole-christianity-aspect_1563267.jpg) > [In country music the lyric is important and the melodies get a little more complex all the time, and you hear marvelous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dinah-shore/in-country-music-the-lyric-is-important-and-the-melodies-get-a-little/) [Dinah Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dinah-shore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/638/dinah-shore-25901_country_in-country-music-the-lyric-is-important_1471041.jpg) > [Most all of my awards are at the Country Music Hall of Fame. You know we had the longest running exhibit in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-williams-jr/most-all-of-my-awards-are-at-the-country-music-hall-of-fame-you-know/) [Hank Williams Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-williams-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/589/hank-williams-jr-11140_country-music_most-all-of-my-awards-are-at-the-country_978534.png) > [My music comes from country music. Merle Haggard is God, and I do believe that. I'm not too tuned in to country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loudon-wainwright-iii/my-music-comes-from-country-music-merle-haggard-is-god-and-i-do/) [Loudon Wainwright III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loudon-wainwright-iii/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/446/loudon-wainwright-iii-14383_believe_my-music-comes-from-country-music-merle_589569.jpg) > [Country music fans are extremely passionate and loyal. It seems that country artists have longer-lasting careers because the fans stick with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-lambert/country-music-fans-are-extremely-passionate-and-loyal-it-seems-that/) [Miranda Lambert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-lambert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7e/miranda-lambert-2170_artist_country-music-fans-are-extremely-passion_980916.png) ## Top authors on Country music - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-marty-stuart-64848.jpg) Marty Stuart 23 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country-music/marty-stuart/) - [Rachel Harris 16 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country-music/rachel-harris/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-luke-bryan-61968.jpg) Luke Bryan 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country-music/luke-bryan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-sam-hunt-82512.jpg) Sam Hunt 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country-music/sam-hunt/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-lainey-wilson-6157.jpg) Lainey Wilson 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country-music/lainey-wilson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-jimmie-allen-6209.jpg) Jimmie Allen 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country-music/jimmie-allen/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-taylor-swift-89132.jpg) Taylor Swift 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country-music/taylor-swift/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-lorrie-morgan-61249.jpg) Lorrie Morgan 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country-music/lorrie-morgan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-brad-paisley-19065.jpg) Brad Paisley 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country-music/brad-paisley/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-blake-shelton-18380.jpg) Blake Shelton 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country-music/blake-shelton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-strait-38005.jpg) George Strait 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country-music/george-strait/) - [Porter Wagoner 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country-music/porter-wagoner/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country-music/#itemlist", "name": "Country music Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Someone might look like an overnight success, but there's a lot of hard work that goes into it, and rightfully so. 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