Life Quote by Lainey Wilson

I had no idea when I moved to Nashville people just were songwriters. I had no idea. So I guess I was selling myself…

— Ashley Monroe

I didn't move to Nashville with any inkling or dreams of getting a record deal. I didn't have those stars in my eyes. I…

— Maren Morris

I went to Nashville when I was 10. Tried to get a record deal. Everybody was like, 'You're 10. It's not gonna happen. Come…

— Tiffany Darwish

When I left college, it broke my mom's heart, but I knew I had to be in Nashville. I knew that was the place…

— Cole Swindell

I moved to Nashville at 17 to make music, and since then I've put everything I have into doing it right.

— Blake Shelton

I spent 11 years in Nashville trying to get a record deal. That was the time I was living in my car.

— Jimmie Allen

When I was 15, my mom and I packed everything up and moved to Nashville so I could pursue my dream in music.

— Kelsea Ballerini

When I was 13, I told my dad I needed to record myself because I sounded awesome, even though I didn't. By 18, I…

— Meghan Trainor

As far as in my adult life, it kinda started (with) writing first 'cause I went to school in Nashville. I mean, not Nashville…

— PJ Harvey

By the time 1997 had rolled around, I had been in the music business for all my life, from the age of 15. I…

— Eric Carmen

I think I first realized I wanted to be in country music and be an artist when I was 10. And I started dragging…

— Taylor Swift

At 21, right out of college, I had two producers, about my age, who had never produced a show before, and they wanted me…

— Tomi Lahren