Growing up, I always considered the Grand Ole Opry to be hallowed ground.
I'm from Tennessee. My mom lives in Nashville. I'm born and bred country. That's all I listen to.
Nashville, man. That's the place to be.
In the middle of Mississippi, so many kinds of music came, but it was Nashville and country music that pulled my heart.
The first time I remember going to Nashville was in 1971 back when 'Snowbird' was a hit and I performed at the Grand Ole Opry.
I love Nashville. It's such a great town, and I'm a huge country music fan. That's what I listen to on the radio in the car.
I grew up listening to Hank Williams and Johnny Cash, so arriving in Nashville in the '60s was really exciting for me.
Fancy a novel about Chicago or Buffalo, let us say, or Nashville, Tennessee! There are just three big cities in the United States that are 'story cities'- New York, of course, New Orleans, and, best of the lot, San Francisco.
I began playing Branson during the 1992 season and was a little amazed. There were about 30 celebrity theatres there and more are being added all the time.
'Nashville' is a show that I personally truly loved, and to not have it back was a little bit of a heartbreak for me.
Branson, Missouri, is Vegas for people with no teeth.
Be in Nashville if you want to be in country music, because everybody that can help you is here.
I fell in love with Nashville. I got lots of work.
Holland is to dance music what Nashville is to country.
The greatest thing about Nashville is that it's welcoming.
One of the reasons I wanted to do a show about Nashville in Nashville was because when I lived here, the hardest thing to go out and hear was country music. Country was taking place inside the studio and it was an export.
As a country singer, there is only one place you dream of playing in your lifetime, and that is the Grand Ole Opry House.
