I love country music so much. I love all kinds of music. But when it comes down to it, I'm from East Tennessee, and country melodies and country songs have always just sliced me in the heart.
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Related I'm a country singer. I love all kinds of music, but country is where my loyalty lies. That'... GEORGE STRAIT I'm thrilled that country music fans like my stuff, but so do a lot of people outside of country... KACEY MUSGRAVES I love sad songs. They say so much. I love country music but even the happy songs sound really sad. BETH DITTO Everybody has their favorite sad songs. That's part of what I love so much about country music. ... CHRIS YOUNG I like country music. I'm not going to lie. I'm from the South, and I grew up on it. My dad ... KIM DICKENS Obviously, I love country music, so I wanna be able to live in the country music genre and then play... SAM HUNT I love country music, always have and always will. CASEY JAMES I love rock music, I love country music - I love all music, let's be honest! FEFE DOBSON I have always been infatuated with country music. Country music tells stories, and I've always l... R. KELLY I love being a part of country music. I love going out and... doing things for the first time for co... GARTH BROOKS I do think I'm country, but your definition of that word might be different from my definition. ... SAM HUNT I was drawn to love songs, but I was just drawn to great music - no matter if it's hip-hop, pop,... NAYVADIUS CASH Somebody told me once it takes an Americana song five minutes to say what a country song says in thr... STURGILL SIMPSON My music comes from country music. Merle Haggard is God, and I do believe that. I'm not too tune... LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III Undeniably, I'm a country singer; I'm a country songwriter. But I feel like I make country m... KACEY MUSGRAVES Because my musical background is so diverse, it lends me to have very much my own style and it helps... CASEY JAMES I got to where I couldn't listen to country radio, ... Country music is supposed to have steel and f... GRETCHEN WILSON It doesn't matter if you stick the name 'bluegrass' on it. I think people call things bl... RICKY SKAGGS I try to make an album that reflects what I love about country music. It's not just all about ha... DIERKS BENTLEY Plus I love Tanya Tucker and I love country music. LITTLE RICHARD I see my fans as music lovers. I really love that. There's no age group or demographic. It's... KACEY MUSGRAVES 'Nashville' songs and country music have always been about storytelling and about the heart ... CHIP ESTEN I don't know why it is, but I just love soul music and all that old country stuff. I guess somehow m... BILLY CURRINGTON I love Lady Antebellum and Miranda Lambert - they write from the heart. But it's hard to find a ... LUCY HALE I always give a lot of credit to Ronnie Dunn for making me fall in love with country music. BRETT ELDREDGE I listened to country music my whole life. I started writing music when I was a teenager. It all cam... LAURA BELL BUNDY We've had those elements, and now it's just kind of catching up to us. So it's a nice thing. And I l... RICHIE SAMBORA Country music is about new love and it's about old love. JEFF FOXWORTHY I was raised on a farm in East Tennessee, and my first concert was Britney Spears. It's my job a... KELSEA BALLERINI Oh my God, I love country music! LEE ANN WOMACK I like to sing. I write music. Country songs. You have to if you're in Nashville. It's part ... JIM VARNEY I like finding that common point between another song and my music. It's like between people; yo... YAEL NAIM I have such a deep love for traditional country music. CONNIE SMITH I didn't grow up listening to country music. I pretty much grew up rebelling against country mus... NATALIE MAINES I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people w... BOB NEWHART My mother has always been open about all kinds of music and entertainment. She wanted us to see that... CARLENE CARTER I love everything from country to alternative to Blink-182 and '90s music to Dave Matthews. SPENCER BOLDMAN They don't even have to like country music. They'll love it when they leave. GOLF BROOKS I live in Nashville, and I don't know how many people there would call me country. I really star... CAITLIN ROSE Country music was the music I was brought up on. It's the music that's closest to my heart a... TEDDY THOMPSON I think every once in a while country has lost its way, but found its way back. It's always goin... RANDY TRAVIS It is not that I don't like contemporary country music because I do. I love it. I have recorded ... VINCE GILL Country music is still your grandpa's music, but it's also your daughter's music. It'... SHANIA TWAIN I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like ... BOB NEWHART My earliest memories of music are probably my dad listening to a bunch of outlaw country, but also o... CHRIS STAPLETON I have produced all kinds of music because I love all kinds of music. GUSTAVO SANTAOLALLA I have pretty ecumenical tastes. I'm interested in a lot of different kinds of music, so I don... DAVID SANBORN For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love apprecia... TAYLOR SWIFT I don't remember ever not singing. My mother loved music, and she taught me songs, country music... FLORENCE HENDERSON To me, country music's about life. It's about Monday through Friday. It's the blue-colla... GARY ALLAN I think Ray Charles did as much as anybody when he did his country music album. Ray Charles broke do... WILLIE NELSON I'm like a little kid when it comes to music. I mean, the music is always blasting wherever I am... DONATELLA VERSACE I would love to make a bunch of country demos and write country songs for really great country singe... KATHLEEN HANNA I have always loved rock music. But I have played country music since my senior year in high school.... TRACY BYRD My previous visits to Australia created fantastic memories, so I'm definitely looking forward to... JOE NICHOLS The music is pretty simple: It's, you know, it's country music. There's a couple of melodies that ar... RICK MORANIS I've been a fan of old country music, like Willie Nelson, Patsy Cline. I think I'm drawn to ... SARAH MCLACHLAN I'm really a singer, so I love songs and I love singing. I like rap music, but I didn't grow... BILLY IDOL I couldn't do country, with all due respect to all country music artists. My parents dressed me ... CHRIS COLFER A lot of my music is very roots-oriented, and that's country and soul. I've been in every ro... TAYLOR HICKS I love Broadway. And, I listen to country music, which I think a lot of people find surprising. BRYAN CLAY I just love the Corps. I love the brotherhood, the camaraderie. I thank anyone in uniform who serves... ROB RIGGLE I have always been infatuated with country music. R. KELLY It's always a pleasure to perform for people who love country music. And Australians definitely ... JOE NICHOLS I got me girlfriend Hazel Jean, and I just like where I come from. But don't get me wrong, I love al... HASIL ADKINS I always like to get local music when I'm in another country. APRIL WINCHELL The type of music that I love to sing would have to be more bluesy and jazzy and more soul-like '... THIA MEGIA I try to write like the writers I admire - I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and M... BRAD PAISLEY For me, my country comes first. Nothing else matters but my country. I always felt that the best way... KARAN JOHAR I grew up with all kinds ofmusic, but my heart was particularly drawn to Country Music because of th... BRYAN WHITE Only in country music can you compare an old pickup truck and an old guitar to your wife and turn it... DIERKS BENTLEY It's hard to come across a true country fan in L.A., but it's true that the fans are so loya... LUCY HALE It means so much being a part of country music and the Opry. MARTINA MCBRIDE I love love songs. But I love pop music as well: Girls Aloud, Kylie, the Spice Girls, East 17, Mika. ADELE Country music to me is heartfelt music that speaks to the common man. It is about real life stories ... GEORGE JONES I love singing. It's who I am. When I act, I take a small part of myself and just magnify it, bu... LAINIE KAZAN I'm always gonna have the darker edgy music; it is always in my pocket because it comes so natur... YELAWOLF I've always had an ear for melodies, and they veer pop. My lyrics are more country - what I love... MAREN MORRIS It's a great thing that the United States has given the rest of the world - no other country has... TONY BENNETT Oh, I think country has changed tremendously. I think country has totally changed. Country music whe... JOHN MELLENCAMP If it wasn't for Kenny Rogers, I don't think I would be in country music. He was that guy wh... DARIUS RUCKER From the heaviest of the heavy to classical to country, that's what I listen to, I listen to a v... TOM ARAYA Ever since the Dixie Chicks, the female perspective on country radio has been love songs. I love lov... MAREN MORRIS Country music is songs about people, the music of the heartland. RYAN SHUPE A lot of country music is sad. I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. It applies to m... WILLIE NELSON I'm not really a country singer, although I did make a couple albums and love its simple, straig... DINAH SHORE I actually started singing country music at 4 years old, right when I started learning how to sing. ... CASSADEE POPE Country music is me, it's what I've grown up with, and it's what I do. SCOTTY MCCREERY I'm really annoyed by the wave of country music that's just a list of stuff. It almost sound... KATHLEEN HANNA I was born and raised in the Northeast, and country music oftentimes is attached to a stereotype, an... PETE FISHER I'm a synthesist. I'm always making music. And I make a lot of different kinds of music all ... BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN I've always listened to and loved country music ever since I was a kid. LAURA BELL BUNDY There's a long tradition - certainly with country, but in all kinds of genres of music - to have... RICK MORANIS I guess my favorite artists are The White Stripes or Tom Waits. The more theatrical the music is, th... LANDON LIBOIRON When I'm out, maybe I'm looking at the fried chicken, but I know I need to order the grilled... ADRIAN PETERSON I love all kinds of music. My dad's from London, so he loves David Bowie, the Stones, The Clash.... ADAM HICKS If I wanted to be a pop singer, I would have done that 20 years ago. I love country music. CHELY WRIGHT I started rocking and rolling when Guns N' Roses came out. It wasn't until Garth Brooks came... CHRISTIAN KANE From the heaviest of the heavy to classical to country, that's what I listen to, I listen to a varie... TOM ARAYA I think my love of music comes from my dad. I was born with an ear for music, like him, and started ... BLAKE MICHAEL
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