Country Music Quotes (page 5)

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• music
• watch
• expectation

I never expected to record again. I knew I had done everything I ever wanted to do. I was satisfied. But... all the time I'm watching the country music horizon. And I'm sayin' 'Lord, is there anybody gonna come?' Buck Owens

• great
• greatness
• forever

We've got great fans that rock and roll won't have, because you can have a one-hit record and country music used to, not so much anymore and you have a fan forever. Tanya Tucker

• favorite
• thinking
• music

I really like Alan Jackson, in Country Music. I think he's really very, very talented along with George Jones, and Merle Haggard, the same old favorites. Tanya Tucker

• music
• people
• country

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

• time
• music
• country

But in those days - in the mid-'50s, early '60s - there was less than 300 radio stations that were playing country music and a lot of that wasn't full time. Mel Tillis

• music
• country
• more

The one thing I wanted to do more than anything else was sing country music. Patsy Cline

• thinking
• surprise
• people

I love Broadway. And, I listen to country music, which I think a lot of people find surprising. Bryan Clay

• graduation
• pretty
• star

I went to my dad when I was 17 and said, 'I want to be a country music star.' Which every dad loves to hear. And he said, 'I want you to go to college.' So we had a discussion. And I'm pretty stubborn. I'm a lot like him. And he said, 'If you go to college and graduate, I'll pay your first six months of rent in Nashville.' So he bribed me. Eric Church

• girls
• leaving
• home

Social topics may hit too close to home for people, but then again, if you pull a heartstring, then that's what country music is. It's not just songs about getting drunk and leaving your girl. Kenny Chesney

• music
• country
• modernization

I don't like modern country music. It's not what I'm into, is all. I'm old-school. Shelby Lynne

• old
• car
• dirty

When I first came to Nashville, people hardly gave country music any respect. We lived in old cars and dirty hotels, and we ate when we could. Loretta Lynn

• music
• country
• associates

Me and my partner, Conway Twitty, cleaned up at the 1972 Country Music Association Awards. Loretta Lynn

• music
• country
• saying

I've seen country music go uptown, like we say, and I'm proud I was there when it happened. Loretta Lynn

• music
• country
• yearly

I was the first woman ever named Entertainer of the Year in country music. Loretta Lynn

• thinking
• pride
• best

I think Charley Pride has been one of the best things to happen to country music, to prove it belongs to everybody. Loretta Lynn