Quotes About Country

I have worked enough and I am happy to be touring the country speaking about living with MS to give people inspiration and motivation to help themselves.

When we stage the Olympics it will inspire kids all over the country. A kid in Scotland or Ireland will be encouraged to take up sport.

I'm a country singer. I love all kinds of music, but country is where my loyalty lies. That's just me and what I do, and I'm not going to change it.

Cuba is such a beautiful country, and everywhere you go, there's music and people dancing - especially in Havana.

I couldn't do country, with all due respect to all country music artists. My parents dressed me up with a cowboy hat and we'd go to the rodeo when I was younger and it traumatized me for life.

A prophet is not without honor except in his own country among his own people.

Taking employment out of the country - now that's taking away jobs. These shows employ a lot of people: production, post-production, music supervisors, camera people. A hundred people or more.

The genius of our country is improvisation, and jazz reflects that. It's our great contribution to the arts.

I grew up with all kinds of music, but my heart was particularly drawn to Country Music because of the guitar playing, the lyrics and of artists like Steve Warner and Vince Gill.

Unfortunately or fortunately, in order to become acquainted with the idiom of country or rock music, it is necessary to occasionally play in a bar. Bars are a rehearsal place.

George Jones may be gone but his music will live on forever. What a great voice and a great friend.

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

I'm really proud to be a woman representing country music.

At night in the country, you'd be surprised how that music carries. You could hear my guitar way before you get to the house, and you could hear the peoples hollerin' and screamin'.

A big part of country music is a way of life, at least from my standpoint. That's how I craft my music from my own life experiences.

I had to make a drastic change at Sun Records and I didn't really appreciate country music until I went there.

Country music has become the music that best represents the reality of American life.

Nashville may be famed for its country music, but this may well be the capital of rock and roll music in the United States of America.

I can't really say why everyone loves Bob Wills' music, but I have yet to meet a person who didn't like it.

I don't care what's happening in the mainstream of country music. I haven't in a long time.

When I think about country music, I think about America.

I grew up in the country surrounded by music.

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

Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.