Country Quote by Mary Chapin Carpenter

There's been a shift: Country music is popular music now. Every other genre wants to come over to our land.

— Miranda Lambert

There are so many music genres competing against each other, but I feel like country music has always been a unified front.

— Hillary Scott

I'm nowhere with country music. I don't hear much of it, so I shouldn't venture an opinion, but when it finds me, it seems…

— Emmylou Harris

Country music has become the music that best represents the reality of American life.

— Brad Paisley

Country music is the people's music. It just speaks about real life and about truth and it tells things how they really are.

— Faith Hill

Country music as a genre, as an art form, is just as valid out there in the pantheon of the arts as classical, jazz,…

— Marty Stuart

I think country music is really one of the biggest genres of music out there and one the most successful genres.

— Tim McGraw

Country music belongs to America.

— Bill Monroe

What we don't need in country music is divisiveness, public criticism of each other, and some arbitrary judgement of what belongs and what doesn't.

— Charley Pride

Country Music is great music because it really comes from real life experiences. It is such a great haven for reality.

— Bryan White

I think that, in my research anyway, country music seems to be grounded in people staying true to their roots, being homegrown and being…

— Alex Roe

The more country that my music gets, the less it fits into the country world today. It's almost like there needs to be two…

— Kacey Musgraves