Brad Paisley Quotes

Whether or not I considered myself a country singer, when I sang a country song, I was as good as anybody.

I always know I'm a country singer, and regardless of where I've fallen into different places with my music, I know that, really, I'm a country singer.

I'm a country singer. I love all kinds of music, but country is where my loyalty lies. That's just me and what I do, and I'm not going to change it.

Well, you know, people don't know me as a country artist and I am new to the genre. But that's how I grew up singing.

It means so much being a part of country music and the Opry.

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

Some people will say, and have said, that I'm trying to run from country, but I'm never going to make anything other than a country record.

I had to make a drastic change at Sun Records and I didn't really appreciate country music until I went there.

If it's a good song and it fits me, that's what I'm going to do, I'm not out there trying to change the world. I'm just out there trying to sing country music the best way I can.

I've never been one for doing remixes. Then I've gotta decide which version am I gonna be tonight: country Carrie or pop Carrie? I'd rather just make country music that anybody can get into no matter what they listen to.

You know, traditional country music is something that's going to be around forever... I'm not worried about it.

I didn't say I wasn't gonna do rockabilly. I just said I ain't gonna sing no song that ain't a country song. I won't be known as anything but a country singer.

It's only at this age that I can say the word 'art' without flinching.

I dropped the 'Bundy' with my country music because I wanted it to be two separate things: There's me as a songwriter and a country singer, and there's me as a Broadway performer.

Country fans need to support country music by buying albums and concert tickets for traditional artists or the music will just fade away. And that would be really sad.

I think Westlife is very unique: we have a certain sound; we do our thing our way, and we don't try to change too much. I think that's what the fans love about us. We keep giving the fans what they want every year. The style of music never really changes too much.

I cannot believe how fine I am with being bald.

I don't ever view myself as a straight country act, and I don't think the straight country acts view me as a straight country act, either - but I certainly belong to them.

In a way, I think Roxy Music is high camp, in a brilliant way.

I don't think I'm a country artist, really. I'm a country person, but I don't think I'm necessarily a country singer or musician.

I'm not just a hip-hop artist; I feel like I'm a rock star.

As I grew in confidence, I was able to come out and say that I'm a musician.

When I first came out, country wouldn't touch me because I was way too rock, and rock wouldn't touch me because I was definitely country.

People would say, 'Why are you guys in country music? You look like you're in the Backstreet Boys.' We took so much heat. We always said, 'It's not about hats and Wrangler Jeans. It's about a state of mind. Country is in our souls.'

I think my music covers a broader sound than just 'Tropical House'... My goal is to simply be a great producer in my own right without being pigeonholed.