Country Quote by Tyler Childers

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

There's a lot going on in country music, with indie-label hipsters and underground bloggers arguing their interpretations of what country is, and pop-country stars…

— Sturgill Simpson

One reason people are turning to country music is because of that non-music called rap.

— Eddie Rabbitt

Our focus is still on country, but, really, on whatever music our artists are making.

— Scott Borchetta

What we don't need in country music is divisiveness, public criticism of each other, and some arbitrary judgement of what belongs and what doesn't.

— Charley Pride

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

We work so hard to stay true to country music. People can say they don't like it, but they can't say it's not country.

— Darius Rucker

There's been a shift: Country music is popular music now. Every other genre wants to come over to our land.

— Miranda Lambert

Country was always in the background, but now it's the voice of the people. That's what the people want to sing, you know? I'm…

— John Waite

Country's more than about what the music sounds like. It's what you're saying and who you are as a person.

— Cole Swindell

Country music is just country. It's going to shift around a little bit, doing some different instrumentations, different production styles. But it will always…

— Steven Curtis Chapman

I'm excited to be part of a movement that's progressing country music. There's always gonna be people saying, 'It ain't country anymore,' but I…

— Luke Bryan