Childhood Quote by Taylor Swift

I was introduced to country music around a campfire on a farm.

— Gavin DeGraw

From me growing up with a large family and everybody singing around the Christmas tree, it was a wonderful, wonderful upbringing.

— Engelbert Humperdinck

I can only say the first thing that pops into my mind is I remember, years ago, seeing kind of a has-been country singer…

— Jimmy Buffett

I don't remember ever not wanting to be a country singer. Even as a little kid, that was my dream.

— Keith Whitley

Most people don't know I grew up singing country music; that's what I sang right up until I did 'Idol.'

— Diana DeGarmo

I was practically raised with Christmas music.

— Brian Stokes Mitchell

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

— Desmond Child

My love, growing up on the Prairies, was country music.

— Randy Bachman

I grew up in the Bay Area, and I went to lovely public schools with gardens and arts programs, and we sang Woody Guthrie…

— Monica Barbaro

I grew up loving country music from a young age and wanted to sing more than I wanted to sit in school.

— Carly Pearce

I've been doing country music for a while, and people ask me, 'What's a kid from New Jersey doing singing country music?' I just…

— Eddie Rabbitt

I'm not trying to claim I'm a country singer, but I do love country music.

— Cassadee Pope