Boys Quote by J.L. Weil

“Summertime. It was a song. It was a season. I wondered if that season would ever live inside of me.”

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“A broken heart, too much cold beer, ocean waves and a willing man were never a good combination, no matter what the country songs…

— Patti Callahan Henry

“even though I don’t really like country music, sometimes, if you let it, the sound of all those people singing their hearts out can…

— Carol Rifka Brunt

“You made me feel what summertime really is. Underneath what's bright, you knew the hot dark rasp of it.”

— Ava Dellaira

“The street had that sad summertime feeling that you want to push on to see why it hurts.”

— Olivia Sudjic

“...I'm not saying I needed my life to be a symphony - I just never thought it'd turn out to be a country song.”

— Brad Meltzer

“Even though I know it's wrong, you turned my life into a country song and I keep playin' it, on repeat.”

— Caisey Quinn

“Did you know that every time a country song is played, a cute little puppy keels over dead?”

— Nicole Williams

“I remember my favorite nights were just getting drunk and walking around outside the East Village kicking over garbage cans. Just the night. Just…

— Legs McNeil

“I could go crazy on a night like tonight When summer's beginning to give up her fight And every thought's a possiblility And the…

— Emily Saliers

There is a long history in country music of songs celebrating drinking and lamenting drinking. Country songs for the most part have always been…

— Chet Atkins

“He was drunk, but this was something he’d thought about for a long time and needed no sobriety to express—just a listener.”

— Olen Steinhauer