Martie Maguire Quotes

In country music, one of the ways we may have gone wrong in the past is trying to be politically correct all the time.

There's a lot going on in country music, with indie-label hipsters and underground bloggers arguing their interpretations of what country is, and pop-country stars defending themselves. That deserves to be poked fun at.

I don't want to put my fate in country music fans; I'm too stubborn.

It really is, to see that this kind of music is still so popular.

People don't analyze Britney Spears' lyrics 'cause they're so obvious, you know? And her image is so kind of blah and mainstream that who really wants to read between the lines, because it's all so out there in front of you and boring and white bread.

Even though there's no forum for me on the radio for the kind of music I sing anymore, I am still excited about having a career where I can sing the best music in the world, and people will come and hear me because of the hit records I've had in the past.

There's always people saying that rock is dead, rock is over. People are always out to kill rock and roll.

I've grown up with country music. I love how real everybody is, not just the artists, but the fans.

I've been around for such a long time. My first hit record was over 20 years ago and the people who bought my records then are married now and they probably still play these records and their children like them.

Nothing wrong with pop!

That was the coolest thing about 'Baby Got Back.' The establishment didn't embrace the song, which is what kept me from being the next pop guy to fizzle out and get laughed at, get dissed on TV. That helped save me. The fact that MTV banned the record made the record, in a weird way.

I don't think country music needs saving from anything.

When Will.I.Am punched Perez Hilton, I immediately purchased a bunch of their music.

Don't you think it's kind-of cool to have a band that offends MTV, that puts out a video that real fans have to dig around for, or stay up late to see?

Taylor Swift - I don't ever hear anything of hers where I'm like, 'Oh, so-and-so could've cut that.'

It's kind of crazy to see how many people actually listen to my music.

'Gangsta rap' is a derogatory label.

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.

Anytime you have a fellow artist say, 'Loving the new Luke Bryan album,' that's awesome.

I'd love it if everyone knew one Foo Fighters song.

There's no difference in a lot of people's minds between good musicians and popular musicians.

'None of Your Business.' It's the only Salt-N-Pepa song that I regret.

I think singing traditional country is wonderful, because I'm bringing it to my generation and to the younger kids.

You get the feeling that on a lot of days the audience for most music would kind of rather not be faced with the artist, especially because we've been educated to think that the artist are these special creatures are otherwordly and aren't like us.

I've always said I can't tell sometimes that people even have an album out until I see them nominated for a Grammy. I think country gets dumped on across the board by the Grammys.