#country music

I think I first realized I wanted to be in country music and be an artist when I was 10. And I started dragging my parents to festivals, and fairs, and karaoke contests, and I did that for about a year before I came to Nashville for the first time. I was 11 and I had this demo CD of me singing Dixie Chicks and Leanne Rimes songs. ↗

— Taylor Swift

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I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad. ↗

— Willie Nelson

#because #country #country music #doing #gave

You know, traditional country music is something that's going to be around forever. ↗

— George Strait

#country #country music #forever #going #know

I respect country music because I feel like it's more about the talent and the songwriting and I put on a big show and we have a lot of stuff, but I feel confident in myself enough as an artist and a singer that I can have all of those fun toys and know that we don't need all the bells and whistles either. ↗

— Carrie Underwood

#artist #because #bells #bells and whistles #big

I wondered how people would take me being a country music singer. I thought about deviating from that and singing other things. But... it doesn't really make sense for me to try to be something that I'm not. ↗

— Carrie Underwood

#being #country #country music #how #i

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

#country music #days #early #full #less

I think every once in a while country has lost its way, but found its way back. It's always going to drift away from the traditional side, but then find a way to return. There's room for all kinds of influences be it pop, blues, gospel or whatever. But I will always say that I think we need more traditional country music coming down the pike. ↗

— Randy Travis

#away #back #blues #coming #country

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

— Randy Travis

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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

#along #country #country music #favorites #george

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

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