Quotes About Country

I wanted to live in Nashville. I wanted to sing country.

The thing is, my life is a country song. I don't need to be manufactured, and I don't need anyone to tell me what to say or what to sing.

Singapore's not a very big country. They speak with one voice, and they have a clear idea of what their regulatory environment should look like.

As far as Malaysia is concerned, Singapore is a foreign country.

I don't feel like God called me to be a gospel singer. He didn't call me to be a Christian singer; he called me to be a country singer, and I just happen to be a Christian.

When you're a ranchera singer, you represent your country. It's a God-given gift.

I want to produce a country album for a country singer.

When I was a little girl, I always dreamed of being a country music singer, but I never dreamed I'd be a member of the Grand Ole Opry.

My mother's a singer and my mother's father is a singer, and everyone on both sides are all country-western bluegrass musicians.

I listen to Mark Chestnutt and think he's a great singer - and he really does good material.

I didn't say I wasn't gonna do rockabilly. I just said I ain't gonna sing no song that ain't a country song. I won't be known as anything but a country singer.

When I was in the country and I was trying to play, nobody seemed to pay too much attention to me. People used to say, 'That's just that ole blues singer.'

What you need to know about me is that I always just wanted to be a country singer. I didn't choose the path of television or being on magazine covers.

My mom wanted to be a country singer, too, so country was always being played. And my girlfriends and I used to go to concerts, like Brad Paisley, in middle school and high school.

That's part of it: You can't be a country singer-songwriter if you've never had an official heartbreak.

Country singers put a lot of soul into their songs, and I enjoy that.

I listened to a lot of what my grandparents listened to: George Jones, Johnny Cash - a lot of old country singers. Patsy Cline.

In our country, singers are known as the voice of actors.

I went on tour with Ricky Skaggs and his wife, Sharon White, and the White Family in 2015. It was fantastic. They're all the greatest singers of that country stuff, traditional country up into bluegrass.

I've always liked women singers and appreciate a good story being told. That's what country music used to do on the radio.

I've done gospel singing. I have a gospel album and country album.

I don't sing country music because I'm not capable of singing other kinds of music; I sing it because I think it's the most beautiful kind of music there is.

Every single day, authors read at bookstores and libraries - and coffeeshops and bars - all over the country. And these readings are amazing: you get to hear the book in the author's own voice, ask questions, and meet the writer. For free.

I live country songs every single day of my life, so thank goodness I decided that was my passion!