American Quote by George C. Wolfe

The very first show I ever saw was The Judds, and that influenced me to not play country music.

— Matt Skiba

The first American show I did was on Broadway, which was quite a good start.

— Sean Mathias

The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of Carousel, and it was a very vivid experience.

— Bernadette Peters

We started very slow in America. It was small acoustic shows. We played places like Los Angeles, New York and Chicago and everywhere there…

— Emeli Sande

I was one of the very first people to ever do a video in country music.

— Reba McEntire

Back when I first started in country music, you did it because you loved it, because it definitely wasn't where the big money was.

— Lorrie Morgan

We were so influenced not only by country music but by the rock bands of the '80s. Our focus was to bring in something…

— Jay DeMarcus

I think whether dance music had exploded in America, I still would've been a DJ a long time. This is my first love.

— A-Trak

I've always liked country music. It's a certain aspect of America that goes back to the British Isles and the influence is very native…

— Robert Duvall

I came to town thinking that everybody had the same idea of what country music was that I did.

— Lee Ann Womack

I grew up listening to a lot of classic country, and I think that shows in my songwriting.

— Maren Morris

The first film was the idea ofa country's culture, but today's film takes us somewhere in the world are not only

— Mak_786