Country Legend Quotes

Willie Nelson is not just a star or a headliner, he's a legend.

If we all could sound like we wanted to, we'd all sound like George Jones.

Who's not a fan of Don Williams? He's the gentle giant.

George Jones and I happen to share the same birthday. The first and only time I met him (which I believe was at the Opry if my memory serves me), I told him that. His response, 'You must be trouble.' Takes one to know one, I am so proud to say. George, his music and his mischievous trouble, will all be missed. He is a country legend.

George Jones is a national treasure and should be treated accordingly. A unique style so often emulated even inadvertently.

We're both big Glen Campbell fans - it's one of the things that united us in eternal love.

I am a Patsy Cline fan.

Walking into the Ryman with Lester Flatt was the equivalent of walking into the Vatican with the pope.

Jimmy Dickens was the essence of country music and the heart of the Grand Ole Opry.

George Jones will always be one of the most amazing singers who ever lived. He was a true Country Music legend who made music very personal to the listener – I think more than anyone else. He will be dearly missed, but always remembered.

I'm just trying to be the next Trisha Yearwood.

I believe if you ask any singer who was the greatest country music singer of all time, they would say 'George Jones'. He was without question and by far the BEST! I first met and worked with him when I was 13 years old; I am so very grateful that he was my friend.

My mother met my father at a Roy Acuff concert.

I was a huge Garth Brooks fan.

And I think it's safe to say that the single very impressive figure to me was Merle Haggard.

I hung out with Merle Haggard on his bus, which sort of freaks me out. It was him and his wife. We played with Merle in Oklahoma City. I'm from Arizona, and we talked about Arizona, and he remembered playing for two dollars a day down there at a bar.

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

I'm a big-time Johnny Cash fan.

People ask me who is my favorite country artist. I say, you mean besides George Jones.