Country Quote by Jay DeMarcus

Within the songwriting community, there are these unwritten rules for the way that a song should be written in country music, and I think…

— Sam Hunt

Most country songs, certainly all the stuff I've written, are stories driven by characters.

— Dolly Parton

Country music busts the wall between performer and audience. There's a connection because there's a vulnerability, a confessional quality, to so much of the…

— Hunter Hayes

The great thing about country songs is the storytelling.

— Orianthi

One thing we have to remember as songwriters is that we have to consider that country music is the country's music. That doesn't mean…

— Randy Houser

I just always loved the storytelling aspect. Even with the production that's happening right now in music, I still think the core of country…

— Cassadee Pope

Country music has really gotten away from real country songs that connect with people and say something in a unique way.

— Porter Wagoner

I found when I started getting serious about writing music, that my writing was country songs. It was basically country subject matter, country melodies…

— Lari White

Somebody told me once it takes an Americana song five minutes to say what a country song says in three - so I try…

— Sturgill Simpson

We work so hard to stay true to country music. People can say they don't like it, but they can't say it's not country.

— Darius Rucker

Country music belongs to America.

— Bill Monroe

Well, more than me saying to the rest of the country music industry there is not enough traditional country music - that is not…

— Vince Gill