Country Quote by David Nail

I hear some new artists that sound country but the record labels and country radio lean more toward a more rock feel for what…

— George Jones

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

I want people to get out of that nasty habit of needing a label. Every genre for each song is different.

— SZA

There's a lot going on in country music, with indie-label hipsters and underground bloggers arguing their interpretations of what country is, and pop-country stars…

— Sturgill Simpson

I hate labels; the problem is that if you say you're one thing, it's hard for people to imagine you as something else. Music…

— Bill Frisell

... my songs speak for themselves. The musicians who play on them and the way they sound and where they were recorded and the…

— Neil Young

The music that I've had out so far was obviously very pop, but when I signed with Hollywood Records, I was like, 'I know…

— Lucy Hale

I've always tried to stay clear of being labeled, putting a label on what type of music that I make.

— Chino Moreno

"Country" has become a marketing term. I see myself as a songwriter.

— Rosanne Cash

I hate record labels. They think they know everything. I want to hear them try to sing it.

— Jessica Simpson

Before I really knew country music, I listened to pop, and I still do.

— Kelsea Ballerini

I used to say that I was making "country music," because it was the quickest, easiest answer. I'm obviously heavily influenced by country music.…

— Caitlin Rose