#country music

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

— Loretta Lynn

#country music #entertainer #ever #first #i

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

— Loretta Lynn

#awards #cleaned #conway #country #country music

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

#ate #came #cars #could #country

When I'd tell people I like country music they'd get this look on their faces. People were kind of ashamed of country. ↗

— Loretta Lynn

#country #country music #faces #get #i

I've never turned my back on country music. ↗

— Reba McEntire

#country #country music #i #music #never

A lot of country music is sad. ↗

— Willie Nelson

#country music #lot #music #sad

I think Ray Charles did as much as anybody when he did his country music album. Ray Charles broke down borders and showed the similarities between country music and R&B. ↗

— Willie Nelson

#amp #anybody #between #borders #broke

There's a great enthusiasm for good country music all over the world. ↗

— Willie Nelson

#country music #enthusiasm #good #great #music

If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words. ↗

— Dolly Parton

#bad #country #country music #like #momma

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. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#beatles #big #big country #bowie #country