American spirit Quote by Justin Vernon

When I sat down with all the songs before recording, I realised I'd written a few songs specifically about places in America - there…

— Passenger

I think I had the same notion most people have, which is it’s simply a town that percolates around country music. Though country-music history…

— Joy Williams

I think that place is a huge part of pretty much any musician's work, in how one responds to an environment, whether it be…

— Bryce Dessner

I've written songs everywhere, and I think the place does matter.

— John Rzeznik

I've always been drawn back to the South, whether it's Southern California or in Florida, where I grew up, and I wanted to write…

— Don Felder

“Country music is the poetry of the American spirit.”

— Steve Maraboli

Country Music: The Spirit of America.

— Alan Jackson

Sometimes you write a song in a certain era and it's got a certain kind of significance.

— Paul McCartney

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

It sounds kind of cliche, and a lot of people say it about our music, but I think a good place to hear our…

— St. Lucia

My definition of country music is really pretty simple. It's when someone sings about their life and what they know, from an authentic place.

— Taylor Swift

A song is like a dream, and you try to make it come true. They're like strange countries that you have to enter.

— Bob Dylan