I've always wanted to sing country music.
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.
The blues. It runs through all American music. Somebody bending the note. The other is the two-beat groove. It's in New Orleans music, it's in jazz, it's in country music, it's in gospel.
I think Ray Charles did as much as anybody when he did his country music album. Ray Charles broke down borders and showed the similarities between country music and R&B.
Country music has become the music that best represents the reality of American life.
Country music fans are extremely supportive. Once they're with you, they're with you for life.
I've spent a lifetime in love with country music.
I've never turned my back on country music.
I've always had a love of country music.
Country music has to evolve in order to survive.
I was introduced to country music around a campfire on a farm.
I hope that country music embraces me because I grew up on it and have a love for the music.
The passion for doing music, the passion that I have for going out and playing it live - my love for country music is back.
I didn't want kabobs, Afghan music, and rules that required girls to be carefully monitored. I wanted mac and cheese, country music, and independence.
There's been a shift: Country music is popular music now. Every other genre wants to come over to our land.
I always loved bluegrass, but there was so much I didn't know about American country music in respect to the origins of this country. It was interesting to see the evolution of it.
When I'd tell people I like country music they'd get this look on their faces. People were kind of ashamed of country.
That's country music for you - bourbon and the Bible.
Country music is completely punk-rock. It's the original punk-rock.
Kitty Wells was the first and only Queen of Country Music, no matter what they call the rest of us. She was a great inspiration to me as well as every other female singer in the country music business. In addition to being a wonderful asset to countr...
I have such a deep love for traditional country music.
