--- title: "11 Singing Country Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Singing Country quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Singing Country sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b17/b-j-thomas-5561_always_i-always-enjoyed-singing-country-my-firs_1540473.png" --- > [I always enjoyed singing country - my first hit was country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-j-thomas/i-always-enjoyed-singing-country-my-first-hit-was-country/) [B. J. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-j-thomas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b17/b-j-thomas-5561_always_i-always-enjoyed-singing-country-my-firs_1540473.png) > [If I wasn't singing country music for a living, I was actually going to school to be a doctor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-lynch/if-i-wasn-t-singing-country-music-for-a-living-i-was-actually-going/) [Dustin Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-lynch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/249/dustin-lynch-27430_actually_if-i-wasn-t-singing-country-music-for-a_935052.jpg) > [Most people don't know I grew up singing country music; that's what I sang right up until I did 'Idol.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-degarmo/most-people-don-t-know-i-grew-up-singing-country-music-that-s-what-i/) [Diana DeGarmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-degarmo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68c/diana-degarmo-10315_country_most-people-don-t-know-i-grew-up-singing_2944586.jpg) > [I grew up only singing country. I did listen to like Debbie Gibson and other pop music, but I would only sing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tonya-mitchell/i-grew-up-only-singing-country-i-did-listen-to-like-debbie-gibson-and/) [Tonya Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tonya-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d99/tonya-mitchell-72967_country_i-grew-up-only-singing-country-i-did-lis_2157169.jpg) > [After spending my pre-teen years as the singer in a bluegrass band, I convinced my parents to let me drop out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carly-pearce/after-spending-my-pre-teen-years-as-the-singer-in-a-bluegrass-band-i/) [Carly Pearce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carly-pearce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/carly-pearce-6394_band_after-spending-my-pre-teen-years-as-the_1259983.jpg) > [There is definitely that thing here a little where people are like 'Oh that Broadway girl has come to Nashville' and I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-bell-bundy/there-is-definitely-that-thing-here-a-little-where-people-are-like-oh/) [Laura Bell Bundy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-bell-bundy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96b/laura-bell-bundy-10120_before_there-is-definitely-that-thing-here-a-li_826616.jpg) > [It's not very long ago that we were all singing country music. And country music is equally black as it is white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ketch-secor/it-s-not-very-long-ago-that-we-were-all-singing-country-music-and/) [Ketch Secor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ketch-secor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18d/ketch-secor-28477_black_it-s-not-very-long-ago-that-we-were-all_1975040.jpg) > [I've been doing country music for a while, and people ask me, 'What's a kid from New Jersey doing singing country music?'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-rabbitt/i-ve-been-doing-country-music-for-a-while-and-people-ask-me-what-s-a/) [Eddie Rabbitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-rabbitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bc/eddie-rabbitt-5552_country_i-ve-been-doing-country-music-for-a-whil_302068.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/527/cassadee-pope-9460_country-music_i-actually-started-singing-country-music_1793724.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/273/sara-evans-4444_bluegrass_if-you-listen-to-all-of-my-records-they_2180417.png) > [I feel like Nashville has really embraced me with open arms. I was a little worried at first; you know, everybody knows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cassadee-pope/i-feel-like-nashville-has-really-embraced-me-with-open-arms-i-was-a/) [Cassadee Pope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cassadee-pope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71a/cassadee-pope-9460_country_i-feel-like-nashville-has-really-embrace_57763.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/singing-country/#itemlist", "name": "Singing Country Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I always enjoyed singing country - my first hit was country.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "B. J. 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