Art Quote by Tim McGraw

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

— Garth Brooks

More than any other art form I know of in America, country music speaks of the true relationship between the American male and the…

— Sam Shepard

I think that, in my research anyway, country music seems to be grounded in people staying true to their roots, being homegrown and being…

— Alex Roe

Country music as a genre, as an art form, is just as valid out there in the pantheon of the arts as classical, jazz,…

— Marty Stuart

What is nice about country music today is that most artists are not trying to do something everybody else is doing. They really are…

— Bryan White

To me, country music is emotions, certain harmonies. But it's all in the emotions - a lot of good times, a lot of hard…

— Hank Williams III

A lot of people want to keep country music in the minority of people. But it belongs to the world. It's art.

— Ray Price

I always respected country music for its narrative and how it's so solid, you can get the picture in your mind.

— Jade Bird

Country music is the people's music. It just speaks about real life and about truth and it tells things how they really are.

— Faith Hill

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

I'm nowhere with country music. I don't hear much of it, so I shouldn't venture an opinion, but when it finds me, it seems…

— Emmylou Harris

To me, country music tells a story about, and deals with, the way people live their lives and what they do.

— Randy Travis