Country Quote by Carlene Carter

I did country way back when I was, like, 13-14 years old, and then I kind of fell into the pop genre.

— Brooke Hogan

I was into all kinds of music as a teen - country music, because my dad was in a band that played country, and…

— Martina McBride

When I first came out, country wouldn't touch me because I was way too rock, and rock wouldn't touch me because I was definitely…

— Carlene Carter

In my early days, I sang rock stuff, but the career didn't kick until '67.

— Engelbert Humperdinck

Having pop sensibilities from my past and also being a lead blues and sort of rock guitarist allowed me to bring that kind of…

— Cody Simpson

Rock 'n' roll entertained my head but there was something about country music that touched my heart.

— Marty Stuart

I was always the pop guy that was a little too country. I talked a little too country; I brought the country artists in.

— Bobby Bones

I couldn't do country, with all due respect to all country music artists. My parents dressed me up with a cowboy hat and we'd…

— Chris Colfer

I was even more country in my college-band days.

— Jon Pardi

I was 15 years old in 1972, and yeah, when the 1970s broke, I was out there. Everything was kinda swirling around me -…

— George Pelecanos

I came to town thinking that everybody had the same idea of what country music was that I did.

— Lee Ann Womack

It was the British rockers that saved me. They brought me to a different generation altogether [in the 60th]. The Who and The Yardbirds…

— Mose Allison