Sam Hunt Quotes

I believe in the future of country music, but a future without roots is like a kite with no string.

I think the attraction to country music is the fans, the lure of the hardcore fan base.

When you're playing country music, you have to tell the truth.

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

I hope that country music embraces me because I grew up on it and have a love for the music.

I grew up with all kinds ofmusic, but my heart was particularly drawn to Country Music because of the guitar playing, the lyrics and of artists like Steve Warner and Vince Gill.

Most country songs, certainly all the stuff I've written, are stories driven by characters.

That's one of the reasons I got into country music: because of the craft of that lyric and how much you could put into three minutes.

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

I was obsessed with country music when I was a kid, and it's definitely had a huge influence on the way I write songs. I was always attracted to songs that had a brilliant pun or a clever turn of phrase, but came from a dark, bitter place. As a writer, I've always gravitated towards that feeling.

New country music comprises about five percent of what I hear per year. I enjoy it, but I don't really take note of who's singing it or writing it.

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.

I embrace country music because of love, a love of what I came from.

I always give a lot of credit to Ronnie Dunn for making me fall in love with country music.

I love being a part of country music. I love going out and... doing things for the first time for country music. I always enjoy that.

I grew up listening to 1980s country music, mostly. Early '90s. That time period was my favorite.

I've never turned my back on country music.

I've liked country music for forever. And Buck Owens is just one of many country guitarists I like. I think Buck's Sixties records are really progressive.

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.

I love country music, always have and always will.

I draw inspiration from anything and everybody and that's what country music is to me... real life stories and real life emotions.

Country music has always sort of been 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.

When you go to the Opry for a show or hear it on the radio, you get the whole circle of country music.

You gotta 'be' country music - you can't just sing it.