Vince Gill Quotes

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

I believe in the future of country music, but a future without roots is like a kite with no string.

Social topics may hit too close to home for people, but then again, if you pull a heartstring, then that's what country music is. It's not just songs about getting drunk and leaving your girl.

I think every once in a while country has lost its way, but found its way back. It's always going to drift away from the traditional side, but then find a way to return. There's room for all kinds of influences be it pop, blues, gospel or whatever. But I will always say that I think we need more traditional country music coming down the pike.

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

Hopefully, people will rediscover real country music. After all, it's in my blood.

There's a great enthusiasm for good country music all over the world.

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

If I'm not writing songs about things I've actually been through, it ruins the idea of making music to me.

I've never turned my back on country music.

I love country music, always have and always will.

I think the attraction to country music is the fans, the lure of the hardcore fan base.

I draw inspiration from anything and everybody and that's what country music is to me... real life stories and real life emotions.

Country music has always sort of been country music.

There's a place for all types of country music as long as there is honesty and realness and a real human experience for the fans.

When you go to the Opry for a show or hear it on the radio, you get the whole circle of country music.

You gotta 'be' country music - you can't just sing it.

I want to reach the point where people hear my name and immediately think of real country music.

My music comes from country music. Merle Haggard is God, and I do believe that. I'm not too tuned in to country music. I don't know who Brooks and Dunn are. I like Shania Twain, though!

Like my fictional protagonist Tom Thorne, I love country. My tastes go back a bit further than his do, and I still listen to stuff from the late '70s and early '80s.

I've always been a fan of country music. It's America's music - I love the songs, love the lyrics.

I love country music. I don't ever feel restricted by the genre.

I love country music so much. I love all kinds of music. But when it comes down to it, I'm from East Tennessee, and country melodies and country songs have always just sliced me in the heart.

I've always had a love of country music.

I really believe it's not bad to look back within music. I don't mean retro, but using your own memories to make a song because our memories are what make us who we are.