Certainly Quote by Rick Moranis

I felt a kinship with country music, because country has lyrics that tell stories

— Desmond Child

One of my favourite things about country music is that, at least until recently, you could always count on a solid story, a punchline…

— St. Vincent

Country music busts the wall between performer and audience. There's a connection because there's a vulnerability, a confessional quality, to so much of the…

— Hunter Hayes

Country songs are theatrical songs, they tell stories, and wear the hearts on their sleeves and they have great melodies.

— Michael Ball

I was obsessed with country music when I was a kid, and it's definitely had a huge influence on the way I write songs.…

— Teddy Thompson

There is a long history in country music of songs celebrating drinking and lamenting drinking. Country songs for the most part have always been…

— Chet Atkins

In country music the lyric is important and the melodies get a little more complex all the time, and you hear marvelous new singers…

— Dinah Shore

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

— Steve Maraboli

A lot of commercial country does speak to people in some way. It's more of a ear worm or a melody that's really catchy.…

— Tyler Childers

Country music especially can get very formulaic - you know, you have to have your verses and a bridge and a chorus, and a…

— Sturgill Simpson

The great thing about country songs is the storytelling.

— Orianthi

Country music has really gotten away from real country songs that connect with people and say something in a unique way.

— Porter Wagoner