Birthplace Quote by Chuck Inglish

The people playing on these songs are from Wisconsin and Illinois and Chicago and St. Louis and there’s a certain attitude that comes across…

— Pokey LaFarge

I think I had the same notion most people have, which is it’s simply a town that percolates around country music. Though country-music history…

— Joy Williams

Midwesterners make good audiences.

— Julian Bream

I grew up in Mountain Pine, Arkansas. You get no more country than where I grew up. But I also grew up in the…

— Bobby Bones

There's been a shift: Country music is popular music now. Every other genre wants to come over to our land.

— Miranda Lambert

The music scene is more competitive in the States.

— Dexter Gordon

All music is based on country music. And that's why so many different kinds of people relate to it. There are more country music…

— Loretta Lynn

Chicago, I feel, is a microcosm for the segregated, violent environment that is America. I try to not only speak about these things in…

— Vic Mensa

When youre talking about the genre country music, it used to be called Country & Western music. It plays a pretty big role in…

— Colter Wall

I grew up in Southern California, so the whole concept of a local music history is still kinda novel to me.

— John Darnielle

Country music belongs to America.

— Bill Monroe

I am fascinated by the places that music comes from, like fife-and-drum blues from southern Mississippi or Cajun music out of Lafayette, Louisiana, shape-note…

— Robbie Robertson