Gretchen Wilson Quotes

I have such a deep love for traditional country music.

I don't like modern country music. It's not what I'm into, is all. I'm old-school.

I've been a fan of old country music, like Willie Nelson, Patsy Cline. I think I'm drawn to it because of the sense of sadness and sort of loss that a lot of good old country music has.

I like that old style of country music - it seems to me that a lot of the modern country music is rehashed rock n' roll.

I discovered in college that country music could be fun adding some swing to it.

I would say country is the one type of music I've spent the least amount of time with in my life. I grew up in Virginia, where there was a lot of it, but I was more interested in rock and roll. Southern rock.

Country music's always had the best musicians in any format of music, and I always gravitated toward that, stuff that was musically interesting.

I was always sort of mystified and excited about the world of country music. Something about it struck me as enchanted.

I never get tired of exploring Americana or country music, and I always have a little bit of a crooner in me that never seems to go away.

Country music has the great stories.

Country music is me, it's what I've grown up with, and it's what I do.

I got country music in me.

Where I grew up, Bob Wills and his western swing was very popular. And western swing is not that far from jazz and blues.

I am a Patsy Cline fan.

Country music is three chords and the truth.

That's country music for you - bourbon and the Bible.

Country music belongs to America.

I've always liked country music. It's a certain aspect of America that goes back to the British Isles and the influence is very native to America.

Country music historically has been sort of middle-aged people's music.

Songs like the Buck Owens tune, for example, are very simple and straightforward, and recording it really gave me a chance to get into and get a sense of Buck's personality, a feel for that whole Bakersfield sound.

I'm a huge country fan and am always inspired by classic country.

I always want to have the traditional country soul while meeting the new standards of country music.

'Swagger' would be the word for 'Dirt On My Boots.' With the real funky drum loop and the ganjo rolling down, and then the fiddles and the guitar and steel, it really took an old school style where it's fiddle, steel, guitar, and mixed it with a drum loop.

Country music, to me, is what I grew up on.

The four things a hillbilly singer needs are a Cadillac, a Nudie suit, the right hairdo, and a pair of pointy-toed boots.