Alabama Quote by Jason Aldean

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

America? They had a good girl singer, Janis Joplin.

— Maurice Gibb

Look at Montgomery Gentry. If those boys came out in the '70s, they'd be Southern rock.

— Johnny Van Zant

As far as heroes thorough the years, I'd say definitely Alabama and Randy Owen, Conway Twitty was a big influence of mine, George Strait,…

— Luke Bryan

They played Boston. They played at the Boston Tea Party and through an amazing chain of events I got to hang out with them…

— Jonathan Richman

The Austin music scene is the reason why so many of them moved here.

— Bob Livingston

When youre talking about the genre country music, it used to be called Country & Western music. It plays a pretty big role in…

— Colter Wall

I grew up with the Highwaymen, which was Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson. Mom and Dad rode rodeo, so country…

— Christian Kane

Country girls, they wanna cuddle, kids out playin' in the big mud puddle.

— Luke Byan

When I lived in Nashville, Tanya Tucker and people like that were coming up, and I'm sure that Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette were…

— Callie Khouri

Texas is a hotbed of insanely good bands and musicians.

— Henry Rollins

We were derided as a boy band, with pop music and not really country.

— Jay DeMarcus