Ashamed Quote by Loretta Lynn

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

A lot of people that I've met who don't like country music just haven't been introduced to the old country.

— Shooter Jennings

People would say, 'Why are you guys in country music? You look like you're in the Backstreet Boys.' We took so much heat. We…

— Jay DeMarcus

People might get mad at my style or my delivery and say it's not country. But the country music that brought me to Nashville?…

— Walker Hayes

Country's more than about what the music sounds like. It's what you're saying and who you are as a person.

— Cole Swindell

I think a lot of people found themselves through country music.

— Lainey Wilson

I've always wanted to be accepted by country music fans - without lying.

— Jennifer Warnes

There were a lot of heads turning when people found out I was doing music and when they found out it was country, they…

— Lucy Hale

I came to town thinking that everybody had the same idea of what country music was that I did.

— Lee Ann Womack

I've had a lot of folks tell me that my songs weren't quite country because they didn't really sound like anybody that had come…

— Sam Hunt

I would never do anything that makes the perception of country music worse.

— Joe Nichols

People do look at it as an insult that I say I don't listen to country music, which cracks me up.

— Natalie Maines