I had been raised on country and western in Missouri. But gospel was great. — Steve Cropper Copy Share Image
“In the end, he turned the radio on, and fell asleep to the sounds of either country or Western—he could never work… — Claire North Copy Share Image
I'm not crazy about country-western music. But the lyrics are good. "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a… — Alice Cooper Copy Share Image
If I'm writing songs for a country-Western picture, I have to know about country music. — Henry Mancini Copy Share Image
I guess what I like is mostly country & western or else stuff that has a real blues feel to it. — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
Shania Twain ... has done more for country and western than heartbreak and whiskey combined. — Rex Murphy Copy Share Image
My mother's a singer and my mother's father is a singer, and everyone on both sides are all country-western bluegrass musicians. — Brandi Carlile Copy Share Image
I should have been a country-western singer. After all, I'm older than most western countries. — George Burns Copy Share Image
I think the only music I didn't listen to was country and western, and that holds to this day. — David Bowie Copy Share Image
Country and western is the music of the devil. That's the real truth of the matter. My late Mother, bless her, loved… — Rick Wakeman Copy Share Image
I was terrified, terrified in 'Songwriter,' because there I was, New York Jewish girl, singing country-western onstage with Kris Kristofferson and Willie… — Lesley Ann Warren Copy Share Image
In the United States, you can put on a cowboy hat and join the country-western neighborhood. If you're down below 14th Street… — David Lee Roth Copy Share Image
Country and western is the music of the devil. Thats the real truth of the matter. My late Mother, bless her, loved… — Rick Wakeman Copy Share Image
In the Navy, you're around a lot of people from different parts of the country. They've got different accents, different upbringings. I… — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
Only two to three per cent of an audience is interested in words and pays attention to lyrics; most of the rest… — Al Stewart Copy Share Image
I think what we need is a more welcoming mode from the people who put on a hundred million country-western shows on… — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
So I learnt a few country western songs, I bought a chord book, and right away I started writing my own stuff,… — John Fahey Copy Share Image
When youre talking about the genre country music, it used to be called Country & Western music. It plays a pretty big… — Colter Wall Copy Share Image
“Whiskey Jacks Saloon. He’s playing country western music, and wearing a plaid button down shirt and fringe along the sides of his… — Bella Love-Wins Copy Share Image
Some people say that the West has a cruel history. These people also may see the achievements of Western countries - in… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
You never hear a country-western station saying 'We have old school artist Willie Nelson in the house.' They say 'We have the… — Big Daddy Kane Copy Share Image
Tennessee is a very country-type state. Maybe I can practice on some type of country-western dance where they'll know what I'm doing. — Chad Ochocinco Copy Share Image
I'm a big country fan. I remember, as a kid, when Ray Charles did the 'Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music'… — Michael McDonald Copy Share Image
I remember growing up always loving the guitar. I used to love to watch the people play on the Country Western shows… — Carl Wilson Copy Share Image
Ian and Sylvia, who, when you got right down to it, were essentially country and western singers. I just recorded his Four… — Dave Van Ronk Copy Share Image
Country and western is ignored by the intellectuals. They don't look at it as an art form. They think it's just somebody… — Ricky Skaggs Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of gospel music, and you cannot be a fan of rock and roll, you cannot be a fan… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
From folk to tribal to Cab Calloway, Cole Porter, Gershwin to the Rolling Stones, whose first record was all covers, to country-western,… — Cat Power Copy Share Image
Sometimes I lie awake at night and think about that little red-haired girl... I don't ever want to forget her face, but… — Charles M. Schulz Copy Share Image
Country artists, I met a lot of them when I was five, six years old. I had an uncle who was a… — Rick Danko Copy Share Image
[Europe has] this tradition of self revelation in popular music. We have it here - it's called Country Western Music... I think… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image