Classic Country Quotes

Growing up I really loved Mazzy Star, The Cranberries, Fiona Apple, Everything But The Girl. I listened to a lot of really random things too that I would find by myself. I would find Minnie Riperton albums that I would fall in love with, also, a lot of old country records.

I listen to top 40, old country, blues... I'm really into Roger Miller.

My country stuff, it might sound like Hank Williams - that's just the way it is. But I'd rather sound like Hank Williams than Trace Atkins.

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.

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.

My favorite bands are Hank Williams Jr. and Led Zeppelin. When it's rock, it's '70s rock, and when it's country, it's '70s country. For me, it's the grit and dirt of music that I love so much.

I listened to a lot of what my grandparents listened to: George Jones, Johnny Cash - a lot of old country singers. Patsy Cline.

I had always loved music. I grew up listening to classic country, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard. My dad loved Vern Gosdin and Keith Whitley. So I kept going to class and started getting totally into playing guitar and teaching myself these songs.

I don't really listen to pop-country, but I like really, really old country that's closer to folk. Like Johnny Cash, who is considered country.

Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys are simply the best band that ever was.

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.

George Jones may be gone but his music will live on forever. What a great voice and a great friend.

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

I did an album called 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry.' I sang the song on 'Hee Haw.'

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

Hank Williams' music - it just doesn't go away, for some reason.

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 am a Patsy Cline fan.

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

One of the first records I bought for myself was a Keith Whitley record. I still love the 'L.A. to Miami' album. There were so many things on there - 'Miami, My Amy,' 'Ten Feet Away,' 'Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her.' I can put that album on repeat and listen.

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

I grew up listening to 1980s country music, mostly. Early '90s. That time period was my favorite.

I have such a deep love for traditional country music.

I lean traditional, but 'Head Over Boots,' it's pretty country.

When I did 'Wichita Lineman,' it was as good as I could do it, so I keep doing it that way. It's such a haunting song.