--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: I really tried to push every genre that I…" description: "\"I really tried to push every genre that I could into this record. I wanted every song to have this feel, where as soon as the listener tunes in, they s..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bed/cody-johnson-15676_americana_i-really-tried-to-push-every-genre-that_2945485.jpg" --- # I really tried to push every genre that I could into this… ![“I really tried to push every genre that I could into this record. I wanted every song to have this feel, where as soon as the listener tunes in, they say "That's CoJo, that's Cody right there." That being said, it is a little different. There's Americana, there's Bluegrass, there's some rock…” quote by Cody Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bed/cody-johnson-15676_americana_i-really-tried-to-push-every-genre-that_2945485.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bed/cody-johnson-15676_americana_i-really-tried-to-push-every-genre-that_2945485.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bed/cody-johnson-15676_americana_i-really-tried-to-push-every-genre-that_2945485.jpg) > “I really tried to push every genre that I could into this record. I wanted every song to have this feel, where as soon as the listener tunes in, they say "That's CoJo, that's Cody right there." That being said, it is a little different. There's Americana, there's Bluegrass, there's some rock, there's some really George Jones-style stuff on it, slow-style Ray Price country elements, there's some modern country, a little of this and a little of that. We tried to push a lot for show versatility, because I grew up with a lot of versatility in my music.” [Cody Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cody-johnson/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Describes blending multiple musical styles to create a distinctive, recognizable sound. **In simple terms:** Mix genres to stand out. Key Takeaway Embrace versatility in your art. Themes creativity versatility identity Mood proud reflective Type artistic inspirational When to use this quote - album production - live performances - songwriting workshops Key Concepts genre‑blending artistic expression branding Questions to Reflect On - Which genre influences define you most? - How can you balance cohesion with variety? 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I say, you mean besides George Jones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-cash/people-ask-me-who-is-my-favorite-country-artist-i-say-you-mean/) [Johnny Cash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-cash/) > [I believe if you ask any singer who was the greatest country music singer of all time, they would say 'George Jones'. He was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-mandrell/i-believe-if-you-ask-any-singer-who-was-the-greatest-country-music/) [Barbara Mandrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-mandrell/) > [You think about people like Hank Williams, who stood on that spot of wood, and Mr. Acuff, and, of course, George Jones. 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Everybody that records for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-stanley/well-i-don-t-let-anyone-record-with-me-that-is-not-a-fan-of-mine-or/) [Ralph Stanley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-stanley/) > [I really like Alan Jackson, in Country Music. I think he's really very, very talented along with George Jones, and Merle Haggard, the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanya-tucker/i-really-like-alan-jackson-in-country-music-i-think-he-s-really-very/) [Tanya Tucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanya-tucker/) > [Anyone who knows or cares anything about real country music will agree that George Jones is the voice of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dolly-parton/anyone-who-knows-or-cares-anything-about-real-country-music-will/) [Dolly Parton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dolly-parton/) > [Where better than the church for people like me, George Jones and Johnny Cash to go to get ourselves in shape enough to sing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marty-stuart/where-better-than-the-church-for-people-like-me-george-jones-and/) [Marty Stuart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marty-stuart/) > [Some say that Jesus is the rock, or the anchor. I say that your friends and family are your anchor. And you can really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gale-harold/some-say-that-jesus-is-the-rock-or-the-anchor-i-say-that-your-friends/) [Gale Harold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gale-harold/) > [George Jones was a big, huge name in our household. George Jones-he is considered country, but in every genre he is known. Everybody knows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patty-loveless/george-jones-was-a-big-huge-name-in-our-household-george-jones-he-is/) [Patty Loveless](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patty-loveless/) > [I love Florida Georgia Line. I love 'Round Here.' So if a fan wants to listen to that, and if a fan that wasn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scotty-mccreery/i-love-florida-georgia-line-i-love-round-here-so-if-a-fan-wants-to/) [Scotty McCreery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scotty-mccreery/) > [George Jones, Johnny Paycheck all them dudes they're respected and they were twice as crazy as I'll ever be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-williams-iii/george-jones-johnny-paycheck-all-them-dudes-they-re-respected-and/) [Hank Williams III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-williams-iii/) ## More by Cody Johnson > [When your songs are like your babies, even the one that you know aren't great, you still love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cody-johnson/when-your-songs-are-like-your-babies-even-the-one-that-you-know-aren/) [Cody Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cody-johnson/) > [I'd love to do a live record, I'd love to do an acoustic record, I'm already thinking about what I may want to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cody-johnson/i-d-love-to-do-a-live-record-i-d-love-to-do-an-acoustic-record-i-m/) [Cody Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cody-johnson/) > [When you're in a room with a guy who has a vision like that, it's just one of those things where you close your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cody-johnson/when-you-re-in-a-room-with-a-guy-who-has-a-vision-like-that-it-s-just/) [Cody Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cody-johnson/) > [There's that area, right there, where you can be too hard on yourself or you need to be really hard on yourself - I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cody-johnson/there-s-that-area-right-there-where-you-can-be-too-hard-on-yourself/) [Cody Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cody-johnson/) > [Once we get out on the road, my tour manager who is also my guitar player does a great job of taking weight off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cody-johnson/once-we-get-out-on-the-road-my-tour-manager-who-is-also-my-guitar/) [Cody Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cody-johnson/) > [I don't like reality TV as far as it being scripted and not being true reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cody-johnson/i-don-t-like-reality-tv-as-far-as-it-being-scripted-and-not-being/) [Cody Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cody-johnson/) > [I think everything moving forward will just be instinctual, like we'll know exactly which doors to walk through when they open.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cody-johnson/i-think-everything-moving-forward-will-just-be-instinctual-like-we-ll/) [Cody Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cody-johnson/) > [I think my brand of country music is that's been influenced by not just the rough-stock rodeo side or Ted Nugent's "let's get crazy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cody-johnson/i-think-my-brand-of-country-music-is-that-s-been-influenced-by-not/) [Cody Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cody-johnson/) > [ Without changing my style and who I am, they \[Trent Willmon and Dan Couch and Dale Oliver \] know how to draw those things… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cody-johnson/without-changing-my-style-and-who-i-am-they-trent-willmon-and-dan/) [Cody Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cody-johnson/) > [As far as the persona, I'm true to myself. Not because I'm arrogant, but I'm true to myself because I believe that you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cody-johnson/as-far-as-the-persona-i-m-true-to-myself-not-because-i-m-arrogant-but/) [Cody Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cody-johnson/) > [I don't know about one moment that has pivoted my career. I do know that one thing that hit me and made me take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cody-johnson/i-don-t-know-about-one-moment-that-has-pivoted-my-career-i-do-know/) [Cody Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cody-johnson/) > [The people that have looked out for me and helped to steer me in the right direction, I just can't thank them enough. So,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cody-johnson/the-people-that-have-looked-out-for-me-and-helped-to-steer-me-in-the/) [Cody Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cody-johnson/) > [I really think it's just the people you put around you. For instance, you mentioned "Kiss Goodbye," that was a song that was brought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cody-johnson/i-really-think-it-s-just-the-people-you-put-around-you-for-instance/) [Cody Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cody-johnson/) > [I think that no matter what you do, whether you rodeo, whether you work in an office, you work in the oilfield or you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cody-johnson/i-think-that-no-matter-what-you-do-whether-you-rodeo-whether-you-work/) [Cody Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cody-johnson/) > [I try not to keep my head in the clouds .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cody-johnson/i-try-not-to-keep-my-head-in-the-clouds/) [Cody Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cody-johnson/) [Explore all 42 Cody Johnson quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cody-johnson/) ## More Americana quotes > [I was in high school and I had an independent album out, and we kept sending that out, and I was doing shows. No…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-hilton/i-was-in-high-school-and-i-had-an-independent-album-out-and-we-kept/) [Tyler Hilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-hilton/) > [Since I was a kid, I've had an absolute obsession with particular kinds of American music. Mississippi Delta blues of the Thirties, Chicago blues…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-plant/since-i-was-a-kid-i-ve-had-an-absolute-obsession-with-particular/) [Robert Plant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-plant/) > [I love the U.K. folk scene. In the States, nobody knows what to do with me. There's still a very narrow definition of Americana.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhiannon-giddens/i-love-the-u-k-folk-scene-in-the-states-nobody-knows-what-to-do-with/) [Rhiannon Giddens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhiannon-giddens/) > [To me, all music that is made under the umbrella of the United States of America is Americana music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marty-stuart/to-me-all-music-that-is-made-under-the-umbrella-of-the-united-states/) [Marty Stuart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marty-stuart/) > [“I come home from work this evening there was a note in the frying pan said Fix Your Own Supper Babe I Run Off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-prine/i-come-home-from-work-this-evening-there-was-a-note-in-the-frying-pan/) [John Prine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-prine/) > [It is true that after they have been reassured and have lost this fear, they are so artless and so free with all they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-columbus/it-is-true-that-after-they-have-been-reassured-and-have-lost-this/) [Christopher Columbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-columbus/) > [There's also a lot of gritty Americana type of bands. I actually have a lot of Britpop on my iPod, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-vandermeer/there-s-also-a-lot-of-gritty-americana-type-of-bands-i-actually-have/) [Jeff VanderMeer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-vandermeer/) > [I never get tired of exploring Americana or country music, and I always have a little bit of a crooner in me that never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-d-lang/i-never-get-tired-of-exploring-americana-or-country-music-and-i/) [K. D. Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-d-lang/) > [It's no accident that my first novel was called Americana. This was a private declaration of independence, a statement of my intention to use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-delillo/it-s-no-accident-that-my-first-novel-was-called-americana-this-was-a/) [Don DeLillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-delillo/) > [I’m wearing out this new Coal Men record. I think it’s masterful start-to-finish. Dave Coleman is one of Americana music’s great songwriters, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-snider/i-m-wearing-out-this-new-coal-men-record-i-think-it-s-masterful-start/) [Todd Snider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-snider/) > [In Americana, the facts and the dreams seem to be all the same to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robbie-robertson/in-americana-the-facts-and-the-dreams-seem-to-be-all-the-same-to-me/) [Robbie Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robbie-robertson/) > [I call my style Classic Americana Swag. I do my vibe, and I'll throw in a cool sneaker here or there, a pair of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hasan-minhaj/i-call-my-style-classic-americana-swag-i-do-my-vibe-and-i-ll-throw-in/) [Hasan Minhaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hasan-minhaj/) > [The strength of our economy allows us to maintain the mightiest military in the world, effectively enforcing a Pax Americana.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-cruz/the-strength-of-our-economy-allows-us-to-maintain-the-mightiest/) [Ted Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-cruz/) > [I love being a gypsy and getting on the bus with the band making sounds for the people who love and enjoy a night…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelby-lynne/i-love-being-a-gypsy-and-getting-on-the-bus-with-the-band-making/) [Shelby Lynne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelby-lynne/) > [I think you're going to find out that westerns will be coming back. It's Americana, it's part of our history, the cowboy, the cattle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clayton-moore/i-think-you-re-going-to-find-out-that-westerns-will-be-coming-back-it/) [Clayton Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clayton-moore/) [Browse all 67 Americana quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/americana/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I really tried to push every genre that I could into this record. I wanted every song to have this feel, where as soon as the listener tunes in, they say \"That's CoJo, that's Cody right there.\" That being said, it is a little different. There's Americana, there's Bluegrass, there's some rock, there's some really George Jones-style stuff on it, slow-style Ray Price country elements, there's some modern country, a little of this and a little of that. 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