Affair Quote by Robert Hilburn

Heartbreak is good fuel for country songs. And cheating.

— Miranda Lambert

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

— Porter Wagoner

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

There's a real earnestness to country music that I appreciate.

— Matty Healy

Country music is for everybody.

— CMAT

I just love country music.

— Jelly Roll

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

— Lainey Wilson

Well the country songs themselves are three-chord stories, ballads which are mostly sad. If you are already feeling sorry for yourself when you listen…

— Willie Nelson

I think the No. 1 biggest misconception about country music is that you have to have been born in a certain place in order…

— CMAT

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

— Michael Ball

True country music is honesty, sincerity, and real life to the hilt.

— Garth Brooks

I've spent a lifetime in love with country music.

— Blake Shelton