By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.
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.
With The Key, it was, I had gone through a divorce and losing my father, and just kinda really reminiscing about how much I loved the traditional side of country music, so I made a record that was really traditional from start to finish.
The one thing I wanted to do more than anything else was sing country music.
The artists in country music who stopped having hits are the ones who were led into something that wasn't them.
I was feeling really restless in my hard-rock band. I wanted to learn more about storytelling in music, and that's what country music is.
Before I really knew country music, I listened to pop, and I still do.
I always want to have the traditional country soul while meeting the new standards of country music.
I had to make a drastic change at Sun Records and I didn't really appreciate country music until I went there.
I grew up listening to country music with my dad on the way to school.
I do love country music.
Me and my partner, Conway Twitty, cleaned up at the 1972 Country Music Association Awards.
I don't want to put my fate in country music fans; I'm too stubborn.
I would never do anything that makes the perception of country music worse.
Country music tell stories. That's something that I can relate to.
I love country music, always have and always will.
I've definitely received a lot of support in Nashville; it's a huge music town. I like country music. Like any genre I'm largely unfamiliar with, there are elements I really enjoy and elements that go over my head.
Country music isn't about being better than the guy next to you - it's just making sure that you keep working hard enough to deserve the position that you get in.
I was kind of going that route with my country music. Indie country. Which would work, if I was playing on Americana stages. Unless I had a television outlet like 'Glee'.
I've spent a lifetime in love with country music.
I started to write a lot of ballads that were sultry and had a Norah Jones-for-country kind of feel. I wanted to bring elements of old soul music and old country music.
The industry is always changing, but country music is like a force that always comes back.
I always say, no matter what happens to me as a black man in country music, I can handle it if Charley Pride could handle all the stuff he went through.
There wasn't really a song or artist that made me want to be a singer, I think I was always a fan of country music.
Country Music is great music because it really comes from real life experiences. It is such a great haven for reality.
New York City is a notoriously hard market to perform country music in.
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?'
I don't like modern country music. It's not what I'm into, is all. I'm old-school.
That's one wonderful thing about country music - it shifts, ebbs, and flows stylistically, unlike pop music.
My grandmother loved country music, and she's the one who really got me into country music. She had George Strait tapes, a bunch of them. I remember listening to tapes, taking them out, the covers and the back.
I am from the country, and I grew up mostly influenced by country music.
I didn't know much about him, and I wasn't a big country music fan. I listened to the Beatles and David Bowie, so I didn't know a lot about him.
I think Charley Pride has been one of the best things to happen to country music, to prove it belongs to everybody.
I have a confession to make - I truly love country music.
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.
My previous visits to Australia created fantastic memories, so I'm definitely looking forward to another visit. It is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been. I think every person in the entire country is nice. Seriously, I haven't seen or heard of a mean person yet. And they love country music.