“I liked music that I didn't have to think about, and most country songs spelled it right out for the listener. The… — Jay Crownover Copy Share Image
I have country songs, I have rock songs, I have songs that don't even sound like songs. — Riff Raff Copy Share Image
There is a long history in country music of songs celebrating drinking and lamenting drinking. Country songs for the most part have… — Chet Atkins Copy Share Image
The word matters in country music, and it always has. And everybody had lived those words in country songs. — Brenda Lee Copy Share Image
'Girl In A Country Song' is basically a song about what it's like to be the girl in modern day country songs… — Maddie Marlow Copy Share Image
What songwriting does better than almost anything is empathy - it's incredibly empathetic. The reason people sat around in bars when they… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
I think the great country songs mixed with some of that bluegrass instrumentation - and surrounding all that with a little bit… — Dierks Bentley Copy Share Image
Get up, groan, write a bit, moan, eat breakfast, write some more, cycle my bike through the Sligo hills, make up country… — Kevin Barry Copy Share Image
“Lucille certainly picked a fine time to leave us, didn’t he? I just wish our only problem was four hungry children and… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
He learned through the way that my father and I felt about his songs, his country songs, that they were great songs.… — Alan Lomax Copy Share Image
There were country songs I connected to when there was pain, when I saw things my family were going through. It was… — Jessica Mauboy Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to everything. I was in rock n' roll bands and punk bands, and I loved bluegrass and country… — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
I live country songs every single day of my life, so thank goodness I decided that was my passion! — Lauren Alaina Copy Share Image
I've always thought, "I could probably write one of these country songs and send them to these places and make up this… — Josh Jones Copy Share Image
I'm a fan of all genres of music. I have a few country songs I like. I'm not gonna say I'm a… — Lil Nas X Copy Share Image
“Renee used to say real life was a bad country song, except bad country songs were believable and real life isn't.” — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
For three months, we kept going into these writing sessions going, 'Man, I just heard this song on the radio, and it… — Maddie Marlow Copy Share Image
People think first love is sweet, and never sweeter than when that first bond snaps. You've heard a thousand pop and country… — Stephen King 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
I know people who have written big hit country songs that are really kind of terrible songs, but for the rest of… — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
There's always room for your hard-core country songs, and that will always shine through, and I'll always have those on my albums.… — Luke Bryan Copy Share Image
I found when I started getting serious about writing music, that my writing was country songs. It was basically country subject matter,… — Lari White Copy Share Image
