Rodney Crowell Quotes

Everything about Hank Williams interests me. His music, his life. His death. His impact.

Hank Williams was playing rock-n-roll before rock-n-roll was.

I grew up listening to Patsy Cline. I was a huge Patsy Cline fan. I still am. Even though she's considered country, I think of her more as a blues singer. She's got a great blues voice, and she has such an amazing story, which I always loved.

George Jones was my all-time favorite singer and one of my favorite people in the world.

I always thought it would have been fun to spend an evening with Patsy Cline - just because I think she was really fun and interesting. I think you'd have a really good time with her.

Patsy Cline is my favorite singer in the entire world - she is my idol. I adore her.

By the age of 15, I knew over 40 Hank Williams songs.

Well, it's hard not to love Hank Williams!

Emmylou Harris is just the biggest influence of mine musically, her and Dolly Parton.

Elvis was a way bigger influence than Waylon Jennings, but you don't wanna tell people, 'I never really listened to Waylon.'

I didn't get to meet Hank Williams. I was in the Air Force on Okinawa when he passed away.

Lets be clear, Dolly Parton is a rapper. Somewhere before all the country, I don't know what happens up there in the mountains when you're growing up, but she has been spitting rhymes for a very long time - 50 years I'd say.

The high point of my entire junior high school career was going backstage to meet George Harrison. I was simply awestruck.

Patty Griffin is iconic, and there's no other word to really describe her. She is iconic for a lot of people - not only for me but for a lot of fans. Her voice is one of a kind, and she's such an important figure in the American music scene.

I am a Patsy Cline fan.

I only wish Chet Atkins could be here for this joyous occasion.

I'm a hybrid-genre person, which a lot of people find confusing. I grew up listening to American country music and rock n' roll made between 1955 and 1959. The Everly Brothers and Chuck Berry were my first musical loves and are still what I am most moved by. Roy Orbison came a little bit later.

Country music belongs to America.

Elvis may be the King of Rock and Roll, but I am the Queen.

When I heard Little Richard, I mean, it just set my world on fire.

And one of my favorites was Eddy Arnold of course. He just had that smooth, soulful voice.

Elvis was the king. No doubt about it. People like myself, Mick Jagger and all the others only followed in his footsteps.

Ever since the beginning of rock and roll, there's been an Axl Rose. And it's just boring. It's totally boring to me.

I like Loretta Lynn.

I have always maintained that Iggy Pop is the Heavyweight Champion of Rock & Roll.