#country music

I've seen country music go uptown, like we say, and I'm proud I was there when it happened. ↗

— Loretta Lynn

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I think Charley Pride has been one of the best things to happen to country music, to prove it belongs to everybody. ↗

— Loretta Lynn

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I was the first woman ever named Entertainer of the Year in country music. ↗

— Loretta Lynn

#country music #entertainer #ever #first #i

Me and my partner, Conway Twitty, cleaned up at the 1972 Country Music Association Awards. ↗

— Loretta Lynn

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When I first came to Nashville, people hardly gave country music any respect. We lived in old cars and dirty hotels, and we ate when we could. ↗

— Loretta Lynn

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When I'd tell people I like country music they'd get this look on their faces. People were kind of ashamed of country. ↗

— Loretta Lynn

#country #country music #faces #get #i

I just love where I am right now in my career. I love country music. I don't ever feel restricted by the genre. I've been able to have a solid career that we've built one step at a time and a family. I know that I'm in a good place. ↗

— Martina McBride

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

— Martina McBride

#country music #ever #feel #genre #i

It means so much being a part of country music and the Opry. ↗

— Martina McBride

#country #country music #means #much #music

My dad was a huge country music fan, but he also had a band and he sang. So he'd listen to a lot of music and the songs that he'd learn for the band were more from the male artists. So my earliest country memories were Waylon Jennings, Conway Twitty, George Jones, Johnny Paycheck even. ↗

— Martina McBride

#artists #band #conway #country #country music