Blake shelton Quote by Cassadee Pope

I actually am a country music fan. I listen to a lot of Blake Shelton and Carrie Underwood and Maren Morris and Keith Urban.

— Darci Lynne Farmer

I've had a lot of folks tell me that my songs weren't quite country because they didn't really sound like anybody that had come…

— Sam Hunt

Most people don't know I grew up singing country music; that's what I sang right up until I did 'Idol.'

— Diana DeGarmo

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've always wanted to be accepted by country music fans - without lying.

— Jennifer Warnes

Well, you know, people don't know me as a country artist and I am new to the genre. But that's how I grew up…

— Kristin Chenoweth

I feel like Nashville has really embraced me with open arms. I was a little worried at first; you know, everybody knows about my…

— Cassadee Pope

I didn't start out to be a country singer. It just happened that way.

— Eddie Rabbitt

I think it took me a while to convince Nashville that what I do is genuine and my heart's in the right place, and…

— Keith Urban

A lot of people that I've met who don't like country music just haven't been introduced to the old country.

— Shooter Jennings

I didn't necessarily grow up with country being my first priority as a music listener. I grew up listening to classic rock and Christian…

— Morgan Wallen

I just never had the desire to go beyond that - just to be a good country singer and a good country songwriter.

— Porter Wagoner