Country Quote by Allison Moorer

Laurie Lewis' songs combine passion and sheer craft in a way you don't hear very often. Whatever country music is supposed to be, she's…

— Utah Phillips

I'm not sure how we exist, as an artist, without country radio.

— Garth Brooks

This might be the most country thing I've ever cut! I told Miranda Lambert that she was gonna want to cut it and after…

— Justin Moore

I just don't see myself as a songwriter or a country singer or any of those things anymore. It's more trying to express ideas…

— Sturgill Simpson

I was inspired by people like Joni Mitchell and Carole King and Stevie and "Storytellers." People that could really change the world with their…

— Emeli Sande

I definitely believe that the power of the artist is in the artist's hands now. We're kind of in the wild, wild west of…

— Rhymefest

But when I hear a great song, I can't help but be inspired by it, regardless of whatever genre that song falls under.

— Taylor Swift

I'm a commercial-minded songwriter. I'm here to make a living and be on the radio.

— Shane McAnally

The storytelling in country music is so powerful.

— Jessica Mauboy

While I don't feel like I'm an evangelist, country music is about to give me a platform, and so keeping it topically acceptable for…

— Brett Young

Country music listeners really like genuineness, and I hope that's what we portray, and I think that's what we do.

— Bobby Bones

Country taught me how to sing, it put me on a path. But I was never going to be locked into a formula. I…

— Emmylou Harris