Art Quote by Emmylou Harris

You gotta be country music - you can't just sing it.

— Scotty McCreery

I've known from a very early age that singing was what I was supposed to do. There was this unmistaken, undeniable passion within me…

— Josh Turner

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've always wanted to sing country music.

— Julianne Hough

I have always wanted to be a country singer.

— Megan McKenna

I want to be a country singer more than anything in the world.

— Diana DeGarmo

I don't think I'm a country artist, really. I'm a country person, but I don't think I'm necessarily a country singer or musician.

— Jason Isbell

There wasn't really a song or artist that made me want to be a singer, I think I was always a fan of country…

— Sam Hunt

I always know I'm a country singer, and regardless of where I've fallen into different places with my music, I know that, really, I'm…

— Ronnie Milsap

I knew I didn't want to make a country record just because that's not really what I would have ever made as a solo…

— Natalie Maines

The only thing I want to be known as is a country singer. I want people to hear it and go, 'That's country!'

— Chris Young

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

— Diana DeGarmo