Belt Quote by Shooter Jennings

I didn't grow up with country music, but I appreciate the lyrics.

— Jenna Johnson

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

— Desmond Child

A lot of country music is sad.

— Willie Nelson

A lot of country music is sad. I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. It applies to music. Three chords…

— Willie Nelson

Country music is so related to gospel. It seems I could go down that road pretty easily.

— Dionne Warwick

Country music is who I really, really am deeply.

— Jessica Mauboy

I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad.

— Willie Nelson

I was captured by the songs as much as the singer. They grabbed my heart. The reality of Country Music moved me. Even when…

— Harlan Howard

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

I was feeling really restless in my hard-rock band. I wanted to learn more about storytelling in music, and that's what country music is.

— Lindsey Haun

Years ago, when I first fell in love with country music, part of the reason was that it was so much from the heart.…

— Lorrie Morgan