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A good country song takes a page out of somebody's life and puts it to music. -- Conway Twitty
Nashville' songs and country music have always been about storytelling and about the heart and confessionals. They're monologues. -- Chip Esten
I've always been a fan of country music. It's America's music - I love the songs, love the lyrics. -- Charles Koppelman
The word matters in country music, and it always has. And everybody had lived those words in country songs. -- Brenda Lee
I love sad songs. They say so much. I love country music but even the happy songs sound really sad. -- Beth Ditto
My favorite songs to sing have always been songs about regret. I don't know why that is, but to me, that's country music. -- Blake Shelton
My wife grew up loving country music, so I always run songs by her whether I wrote it or if somebody pitched it to me. -- Rodney Atkins
That internal ache is the starting point of country music. If it's a happy song and I can still feel sad in it? That's my favorite. -- Shane McAnally
I write some country music. There's a song called 'I Hope You Dance.' Incredible. I was going to write that poem; somebody beat me to it. -- Maya Angelou
From the heaviest of the heavy to classical to country, that's what I listen to, I listen to a variety and I enjoy good music, good songs. -- Tom Araya
The song 'Take This Job and Shove It' spent 18 weeks on the country charts in 1977. 1970s country music fans had a clearer understanding of the ennui of wage-slavery than modern elites. -- Alex Pareene
I grew up listening to all kinds of music, everything from country to rock, pop, R&B and even rap, so for me, music is music and a great song is a great song. -- Jason Aldean
I'm listing to music all the time. I have favorite artists. Kid Rock loves the Civil Wars' song 'Barton Hollow.' We both said that's our favorite country song of the year. That knocks me out. -- Bob Seger
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. -- Ashley Monroe
Every time I tried writing my own songs, they would come out very country. I couldn't fight it, and the more I listened to country music, the more I loved it, and it just became very natural. -- Hayley Orrantia
I like to sing. I write music. Country songs. You have to if you're in Nashville. It's part of the lease. You sign a lease that says, I will write country songs and pay my rent on time. -- Jim Varney
I like finding that common point between another song and my music. It's like between people; you can be of religion or another, from this country or from another country, but we're all basically the same. It's just the same with songs. -- Yael Naim
My dad was a huge country music fan, but he also had a band and he sang. So he'd listen to a lot of music and the songs that he'd learn for the band were more from the male artists. So my earliest country memories were Waylon Jennings, Conway Twitty, George Jones, Johnny Paycheck even. -- Martina McBride
I do think I'm country, but your definition of that word might be different from my definition. In my opinion, country music, the sound of country, has always evolved. But the one thing that has not changed is the story element. And I think country songs are truthful songs about life written by country people. -- Sam Hunt
I was drawn to love songs, but I was just drawn to great music - no matter if it's hip-hop, pop, R&B or whether it's rock n' roll or country. It could be a Garth Brooks song, and if it's a smash, then I'll love the different wordplay and different melodies. That's what I'm a fan of - great music. -- Nayvadius Cash
Country music is full of affairs and cheating; that's where all those Hank Williams songs come from. -- Robert Hilburn
'Nashville' songs and country music have always been about storytelling and about the heart and confessionals. They're monologues. -- Chip Esten
I try to make an album that reflects what I love about country music. It's not just all about happy parties all the time. There are some sad songs. -- Dierks Bentley
Laurie Lewis' songs combine passion and sheer craft in a way you don't hear very often. Whatever country music is supposed to be, she's at the center of it. -- Utah Phillips

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