Johnny Van Zant Quotes

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.

Country music has always sort of been country music.

I think country music is Lynyrd Skynyrd. I think a lot of the country music is what we do, but I don't think rock & roll is dead at all.

I wouldn't necessarily say she is a country artist. I mean, obviously Taylor Swift started in country, but she morphed into somewhat of a cultural icon, so, who am I to judge what she is?

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

The truth is, I think country music... there's a lot of great people, and just being raised the way a lot of country boys and girls are, hopefully there's just a lot of respect.

I've never turned my back on country music.

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

I'm a country girl; I like country music. That's what my car radio is on.

I'm from Michigan, but I'm just as country as anyone else. Maybe I don't have the speaking voice of most country singers, but it is what I love. It's how I've always sung, and it's what I grew up on.

I'm from Tennessee. My mom lives in Nashville. I'm born and bred country. That's all I listen to.

I've always stood up for country music.

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

It doesn't matter if you stick the name 'bluegrass' on it. I think people call things bluegrass that I wouldn't necessarily call bluegrass, but what they're calling country music today I'm not sure that I would call country music. But I love music and I try to encourage people.

I'm always kind of surprised how much I'm associated with country music.

I don't think our music has much to do with math rock.

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 don't really classify 'Wichita Lineman' as country.

I am from the country, and I grew up mostly influenced by country music.

Rock was born in the South, so saying 'Southern rock' is like saying 'rock rock.'

Some people say I'm not country, but they don't really know how I grew up.

I don't like being categorized as a rapper. I make music; I don't just rap.

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 think what people get confused about is that they want to label me as this EDM girl, but a lot of this stuff is genre-less.

When you label something a singer-songwriter record, you cover many genres.