Art Quote by Natalie Maines

Country music is some of the best-written music in the world, so yeah, one day, I would keep my mind open to doing a…

— Ed Sheeran

I just never had the desire to go beyond that - just to be a good country singer and a good country songwriter.

— Porter Wagoner

Even though I've had 20-some country No. 1 records, I still have a hard time convincing a lot of these people in the Country…

— Eddie Rabbitt

I didn't start out to be a country singer. It just happened that way.

— Eddie Rabbitt

In the mid-1970s, I even decided to make my own country album. I put the idea to my record company, thinking we'd just go…

— Vera Lynn

I knew I was going to do a country album one day. But I was just trying to figure out for the life of…

— Lionel Richie

I'm having No. 1 hits on the country charts and that's where I always wanted to be. I've had 26 No. 1 country records.…

— Eddie Rabbitt

If you're Black or Asian and you want to be a country artist and hopefully have a no. 1 record, you can. I somehow…

— Jimmie Allen

I've always wanted to make records that rock like hell. But also, I've never wanted to compromise that Country place deep inside.

— Carlene Carter

I don't think I'm a country artist, really. I'm a country person, but I don't think I'm necessarily a country singer or musician.

— Jason Isbell

There wasn't really a song or artist that made me want to be a singer, I think I was always a fan of country…

— Sam Hunt

This is just strictly me wanting to make a record that is the real deal. It is all the stuff that I have learned…

— Vince Gill