Born Quote by CMAT

We work so hard to stay true to country music. People can say they don't like it, but they can't say it's not country.

— Darius Rucker

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'm nowhere with country music. I don't hear much of it, so I shouldn't venture an opinion, but when it finds me, it seems…

— Emmylou Harris

I think that, in my research anyway, country music seems to be grounded in people staying true to their roots, being homegrown and being…

— Alex Roe

Well, more than me saying to the rest of the country music industry there is not enough traditional country music - that is not…

— Vince Gill

Country music has its way of getting into the minds and hearts of people. I will say - you never know how long it's…

— Brantley Gilbert

It isn't reasonable to expect that everyone in the world is a country music fan. Not yet, anyway.

— Charley Pride

Country's more than about what the music sounds like. It's what you're saying and who you are as a person.

— Cole Swindell

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

— Miranda Lambert

What is nice about country music today is that most artists are not trying to do something everybody else is doing. They really are…

— Bryan White

I'm always kind of surprised how much I'm associated with country music.

— Tift Merritt

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