My earliest memories of country music are the Grand Ole Opry.
It means so much being a part of country music and the Opry.
There is an intimacy about the Opry Theater that gives an entertainer a special charge.
The Grand Ole Opry is an artist, and I am proud to be one of its songs.
When you go to the Opry for a show or hear it on the radio, you get the whole circle of country music.
Carnegie Hall was real fabulous, but you know, it ain't as big as the Grand Ole Opry.
As a country singer, there is only one place you dream of playing in your lifetime, and that is the Grand Ole Opry House.
What I loved about country music when I was a kid was the Grand Ole Opry, was 'Hee Haw,' was 360 degrees of entertainment.
I grew up with the Grand Ole Opry, Dottie West, Conway Twitty, Buck Owens... not realizing it was influencing me as much as it was.
I get the same feeling walking into the Opry House as I do when I see one of my heroes.
Winning the ACM, winning the CMA, my first time on the Opry and having Grammy nominations were all a big deal to me.
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 come back to what you heard at the Opry. Nobody wants it to change.
Country music is always changing but the Opry is always there to serve as a lighthouse for what country music really is. The past, present and future is all encompassed by not only the physical structure of the building but also the radio show.
I've gotten to go to the Opry a couple of times and stand backstage and watch. But I made it a point not to take a tour or stand in the circle until music took me there. I told myself that was one place I'd never go unless music took me there.
The only music we ever listened to out in the piney woods was Roy Acuff and the Grand Ole Opry. That was the only night of the week I was allowed to lay in the middle of the bed with Mama and Daddy, just long enough to hear Roy Acuff sing; then I had...
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I take his talent and his passion with me - to the stage of the Opry, to the podium at the CMA Awards, to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, into my own living room. I am the realization of my grandfather's dream. I am a player.
Record Company Executive: [talking about the Opry] He's been banned for smashing out the footlights. Record Company Executive: If he smashes out lights at Folsom, they're gonna keep him there. Johnny Cash: [laughing]
First time I walked out on the Opry stage, Vince Gill was there. He kind of 'daddied' me through the whole thing. My knees were knocking. I walked out there, and I was literally shaking. They say it's the spirits or the ghosts. And out of respect for...
I play guitar, the ukulele and the piano. I grew up on a mountain in Tennessee, and we had 'The Mountain Opry,' where anyone could just get up on stage to perform. It was just about the soul and heart of music. My upbringing was less about being grea...
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