Rodney Atkins Quotes

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

I like this town, it's really great. They've put me in The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. This town is about music. It's about the kind of music I like.

This is the kind of problem you want to have! Country radio has been great to me my whole career. I can't thank those folks enough.

Don't get me wrong, I love my first two albums a lot.

I think we all appreciate it now just how lucky we are to be in a band like Judas Priest.

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.

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

The beauty of all these years of singing the anthem is that I got a chance to meet athletes that I love, and there was a mutual respect.

My fame came from my success as a country music singer.

In England, rock music very rarely infiltrates the charts, but country music even less so.

I remember in the '80s, Randy Travis was my guy. He's the reason I moved to Nashville, and I just loved him. But at some point when he was winning everything, you find yourself pulling for other people.

I love the Country Music Hall of Fame. I don't think it's just a hall of fame and it's not just a museum. It's a schoolhouse. It's a place where people from all across the world can come and learn about this great genre that we're making a living out of.

I have major respect for Kenny Chesney and Carrie Underwood and Sugarland. They are wonderful. They're superstars in the music business.

I preferred MTV as it used to be when it was about the music - I don't like it that now they just have reality shows. Reality TV rots people's brains.

I love pop music. Who doesn't?

All those rappers, they're the only glamorous people working in music now. They dress up in these chains of gold, cars, girls and this and that, high-heeled shoes.

Any accolades that anybody puts toward this band really makes me feel good, because I have devoted such a big part of my life to this band, making it what I want it to be.

Country artists have advantages all over the place. The radio support is incredible. The fanbase is rabid, all over.

I am just glad that I can take the music to the people who want to hear it. I love my audiences. I am deeply indebted to them for giving me the chance to sing my concerts, make records, and do what I love. Whatever people call it, it is great to have a voice!

Nothing wrong with pop!

When I first started all this, it was mostly music fans that came along, Stones fans. But now, I'm being taken seriously. I've got highfalutin' art collectors and everything!

I'm saying One Direction are brilliant! And I'm not kidding. Because their songs are really good.

I actually like Taylor Swift. I admire what she's been able to do on some levels.

I confess I'm a big fan of Taylor Swift.

I just appreciate the love that I get and support from hip-hop.