Country Quote by Carlene Carter

I remember always looking forward to listening to country music in the car with my mother, and it wasn't even something I enjoyed in…

— James Vincent McMorrow

My mother and dad loved music, were very much into music.

— Jim Foglesong

Country music is still your grandpa's music, but it's also your daughter's music. It's getting bigger and better all the time and I'm glad…

— Shania Twain

I grew up listening to country music. I got into traditional stuff later, but I listened to the commercial stuff of the '90s, especially…

— Rhiannon Giddens

What I loved about country music when I was a kid was the Grand Ole Opry, was 'Hee Haw,' was 360 degrees of entertainment.

— Laura Bell Bundy

My earliest memories of country music are the Grand Ole Opry.

— Lionel Richie

Music was a big part of my upbringing. My mum and my grandma are very passionate about music.

— Jarome Iginla

I grew up listening to everything, and when I got signed to a record deal out of Nashville, that was my introduction to what…

— Mary Chapin Carpenter

We were so influenced not only by country music but by the rock bands of the '80s. Our focus was to bring in something…

— Jay DeMarcus

Country music, to me, is what I grew up on.

— Chris Lane

I grew up listening to all music, not just country.

— Mickie James

Country music's always had the best musicians in any format of music, and I always gravitated toward that, stuff that was musically interesting.

— Brad Paisley